Hertford North railway station

Not to be confused with Hertford East railway station.

Hertford North railway station is one of two stations serving the town of Hertford in Hertfordshire, England, the other being Hertford East railway station.

Hertford North
The street-level entrance to the station
Hertford North Location of Hertford North in Hertfordshire
Location	Hertford
Local authority	District of East Hertfordshire
Grid reference	TL316128
Managed by	Great Northern
Station code(s)	HFN
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	3
Fare zone	B
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.233 million[1]
– interchange	4,414[1]
2020–21	0.233 million[1]
– interchange	720[1]
2021–22	0.646 million[1]
– interchange	2,590[1]
2022–23	0.863 million[1]
– interchange	3,772[1]
2023–24	0.969 million[1]
– interchange	3,364[1]
Railway companies
Original company	London and North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 June 1924	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.7988°N 0.0918°W / 51.7988; -0.0918
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View southwards from the Down platform in 1959

Location

Hertford North is about ten minutes walk from the town centre in North Road and opened on 2 June 1924, replacing the similarly named station (known until 1923 as Hertford Cowbridge) on the branch from Hatfield.^[2]

It is 19 miles 48 chains (19.60 miles, 31.54 km) down the line from London King's Cross on the Hertford Loop Line^[3] which provides a diversion from the East Coast Main Line from Alexandra Palace to Langley Junction just south of Stevenage. Stations on the line include Stevenage, Watton-at-Stone, Bayford and Cuffley. Trains on this line are run by Great Northern.

The station has one terminal and two through platforms and features a lift (to platforms 2 and 3), a small shop, two ticket booths and ticket barriers. There is no lift or other step-free access to platform 1.

Platform layout

Platform 1 is mainly used for trains to Moorgate, originating in Stevenage. Platform 2 is mainly used for trains originating in London proceeding north to Stevenage. Platform 3 is a bay platform used only as a terminus for trains from London.

Services

All services at Hertford North are operated by Great Northern using Class 717 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 2 tph to Moorgate
• 2 tph to Stevenage

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bayford		Great Northern Hertford Loop Line		Watton-at-Stone
				Terminus
	Historical railways
Bayford Line and station open		London and North Eastern Railway Hertford Loop Line		Stapleford Line open, station closed