Bayford railway station

Bayford National Rail
Location
Place Bayford
Local authority District of East Hertfordshire
Grid reference TL315083
Operations
Station code BAY
Managed by Great Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Decrease 36,406
2011/12 Increase 39,304
2012/13 Decrease 37,596
2013/14 Increase 41,358
2014/15 Increase 49,796
History
Key dates Opened 2 June 1924 (2 June 1924)
Original company London and North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
2 June 1924 (1924-06-02) Opened
11 March 1973 Closed
7 May 1973 Re-opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bayford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bayford railway station serves the villages of Bayford and Brickendon in Hertfordshire, England. The station is on the Hertford Loop Line 18¾ miles (30 km) north of London Kings Cross.

Bayford Station in 1961

The only bus service to serve Bayford is Centrebus 308, operating just 2-3 times a day, with connections to Cuffley and Hertford.

Services

The service runs to Moorgate via Highbury & Islington. The service uses class 313 EMUs, as these are the only units cleared to Moorgate.

The typical off-peak weekday service is 3 trains per hour to Moorgate and to Hertford North; one per hour northbound continues to Letchworth Garden City via Stevenage.[1]

At weekends, the service is half-hourly to Moorgate & Hertford North and hourly to Stevenage. Southbound trains no longer run to London Kings Cross on weekdays after 22.00 or at weekends since the December 2015 timetable change.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Cuffley   Great Northern
Hertford Loop Line
  Hertford North

References

  1. Table 24 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

Coordinates: 51°45′29″N 0°05′46″W / 51.758°N 0.096°W / 51.758; -0.096

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