Hitchin

Address

Hitchin station
Walsworth Road
Hitchin
SG4 9UL

Station staff availability

Station staff availability
Mon - Sun	24 Hours

For full accessibility information at Hitchin, view our accessibility info below.

Ticket office availability

Ticket office availability
Mon - Fri:	6:15 AM to 8:00 PM
Sat:	6:15 AM to 8:00 PM
Sun:	7:15 AM to 6:30 PM

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Station details

Accessibility

Accessible Booking Office Counter	Yes
Induction Loop	Yes
Accessible Public Telephones	No
Accessible Toilets	No
Wheelchairs Available	Yes
Ramp For Train Access	Yes
Step Free Access	Yes
Step Free Access Note: This is a Category A station: This station has step-free access to all platforms. The Assistance Meeting Point is at the front of the station, next to the night gate.

Accessible Taxis	No
Accessible Ticket Machines	Yes
Accessible Ticket Machines Note: All Great Northern ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts. Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.
Impaired Mobility Set Down	Yes
Impaired Mobility Set Down Note: Located at the front of the station
Helpline Contact	Yes
For help with planning your journey, or to book assistance, please contact our assisted travel helpline on: Phone - 0800 058 2844 Textphone - 0800 138 1018
Helpline Opening Hours	Yes
Mon - Sun: 24 Hours
Staff Help Available	Yes
Mon - Sun: 24 Hours
Assisted Travel: Staff are available at this station at all times for providing assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Assistance can be provided unbooked (turn up and go) or pre booked up to two hours before departure by contacting Assisted Travel. Whether you pre book assistance or travel unbooked, please contact a member of staff on arrival. We recommend arriving 20 minutes prior to your train departing. This is to allow us to make sure arrangements are in place at your destination, or interchange, station such as the availability of staff and lifts. If there is insufficient time to check these arrangements, we may assist you onto the next available train. For further information on assisted travel please see: Accessibility at the station - Great Northern.

Station facilities

Atm Machine	Yes
Atm Machine Note: ATM located in ticket hall
Baby Change	No
Seated Area	Yes
Passenger Information Systems	Yes
Passenger Information Systems Note: Departure Screens, Announcements,

Shops	Yes
Station Buffet	Yes
Telephones	No
Toilets	Yes
Toilets Note: WC available on Platform 1 and 2Accessible Toilet Location - Platform 1
Waiting Room	No
Waiting Room Note: Heated waiting rooms are available on both platforms during staffed hours.

Ticket buying & collection

Oyster Pre Pay	No
Oyster Validator	No
Smartcard Issued	Yes
Smartcard Validator	Yes
Oyster Comments: Oyster cannot be used at this station.

Penalty Fares: Applicable Operators: Southeastern
Oyster Topup	No
Prepurchase Collection	Yes
Smartcard Topup	No
Ticket Machine	Yes

Passenger services


Lost Property Contact Available	No
Ticket Gate	Yes

Customer Help Points	Yes
Customer Help Points Note: The Assistance Meeting Point is at the front of the station, next to the night gate.

Car parking

Car parking	Yes

Name: Station Car Park
Operator: APCOA Parking UK
Spaces: 389
Car Parking Contact Available: No
Phone number: 01895 262122
Website: https://www.apcoa.co.uk/great-northern/
Accessible Car Park Equipment: No
Accessible Spaces: 15
Accessible Spaces Note:

Free parking is offered to all Blue Badge holders.

Please ensure that your Blue Badge is displayed at all times when parking at any Thameslink, Southern or Great Northern station car parks. If dedicated Blue Badge bays are occupied, please park within any available standard bay (excluding premier bays) and display your Blue Badge.

The car park at this station is controlled by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), please ensure you follow the signage displayed in the car park to register your car for free parking as well as displaying your Blue Badge.

Cycling

Cycle Storage Availability	Yes
Sheltered: Yes Spaces: 291 Type: Stands Location: Located by the station entrance. Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed

Cycle Storage Availability

Sheltered: Yes
Spaces: 291
Type: Stands
Location:

Located by the station entrance.

Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed

Cycle Storage CCTV	Yes

Other transport

Location for Rail Replacement Services	Yes
Location For Rail Replacement Service Note: Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.
Taxi Rank	Yes
Taxi Rank Note: A taxi rank is outside the main entrance.

Bus Service	Yes
Bus Service Note: Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.

General information

Station Operator: GN
Station Code: HIT

Staffing Level: partTime
CCTV: Yes

Live departures & arrivals for Hitchin

Departures

Arrivals

Live departures for Hitchin
Due	Destination	Platform	Expected	Usual Seat AvailabilityUsual seat availability
00:03	Cambridge Platform 2	2	On time	n/a
00:07	London Kings Cross Platform 1	1	On time	n/a
00:11	London Kings Cross Platform 1	1	On time	n/a
00:14	Cambridge Platform 2	2	On time	n/a
00:20	Peterborough Platform 2	2	On time	n/a
00:28	London Kings Cross Platform 1	1	On time	n/a
00:35	Cambridge Platform 2	2	On time	n/a
23:03	London Kings Cross Platform 1	1	23:05 2 mins late
23:05	Cambridge Platform 2	2	On time	n/a
23:11	London Kings Cross Platform 1	1	23:14 3 mins late	n/a

Live arrivals at Hitchin
Due	Destination	Platform	Expected	Usual Seat AvailabilityUsual seat availability
00:03	Brighton Platform 2	2	On time	n/a
00:07	Peterborough Platform 1	1	On time	n/a
00:11	Cambridge Platform 1	1	On time	n/a
00:14	London Kings Cross Platform 2	2	On time	n/a
00:20	Horsham Platform 2	2	On time	n/a
00:26	Kings Lynn Platform 1	1	On time	n/a
00:34	London Kings Cross Platform 2	2	On time	n/a
23:02	Cambridge Platform 1	1	23:04 2 mins late
23:04	Three Bridges Platform 2	2	On time	n/a
23:10	Peterborough Platform 1	1	23:13 3 mins late	n/a

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Plenty of seats available
Some seats available
Only a few seats available
Standing room only
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Usual seat availability is based on information we hold for the last 7 days. Availability is stated for many, but not all, trains operated by Southeastern. We're working hard to expand this information for all our services.
To feedback on this pilot, email seats@southeasternrailway.co.uk

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