St Margarets (Hertfordshire) railway station

St Margarets (Hertfordshire)
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	0.286 million[1]
2011–12	0.325 million[1]
2012–13	0.352 million[1]
2013–14	0.351 million[1]
2014–15	0.356 million[1]
Key dates
1843	Opened
Other information
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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

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Contactless payments and Oyster extended to Hertford East

External links

• Train times and station information for St Margarets (Hertfordshire) railway station from National Rail

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