St Margarets (Hertfordshire) railway station

Not to be confused with St Margarets (London) railway station.
St Margarets (Hertfordshire) National Rail
Location Stanstead St Margarets
Local authority District of East Hertfordshire
Grid reference TL381118
Managed by Abellio Greater Anglia
Station code SMT
DfT category E
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone B
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11 Increase 0.286 million[1]
2011–12 Increase 0.325 million[1]
2012–13 Increase 0.352 million[1]
2013–14 Decrease 0.351 million[1]
2014–15 Increase 0.356 million[1]
Key dates
1843 Opened
Other information
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External links
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St Margarets railway station serves the villages of Stanstead St Margarets and Stanstead Abbotts in Hertfordshire, England. It is on the Hertford East branch of the West Anglia Main Line, and train services are provided by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also manages the station. St Margarets was previously the junction station for the now-disused Buntingford Branch Line to Buntingford.

There is a ticket office that is open at peak times as well as a self-service ticket machine. The Oyster card system was extended through to Hertford East and became operational at St. Margaret's on 19 October 2015.[2]

Services

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour to London Liverpool Street via Tottenham Hale, and two trains per hour to Hertford East. Services are operated by Class 317s. Peak services include trains towards Stratford

Level crossing

St. Margaret's railway station has a level crossing on the southern side of the platforms.

Buntingford branch train in 1959

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Margarets (Hertfordshire) railway station.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Rye House   Abellio Greater Anglia
Hertford East Branch Line
  Ware
  Future Development  
Preceding station   Crossrail   Following station
Crossrail
Line 2
towards Hertford East
Disused railways
Rye House
Line and station open
  British Railways
Buntingford Branch Line
  Mardock
Line and station closed

Coordinates: 51°47′17″N 0°00′04″E / 51.788°N 0.001°E / 51.788; 0.001


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