Stevenage railway station

Before May 2018, most of the trains serving Stevenage station were operated by Great Northern, lying on its Great Northern Route from London King's Cross to Peterborough and Cambridge. It was served by trains between Moorgate and Letchworth via Hertford North; these trains use Moorgate station in London. In May 2018 however, most Great Northern services were swapped with Thameslink services, and now the only Great Northern trains are two southbound departures per hour to Moorgate on Sundays only calling at all stations via Hertford North, and some weekday peak-hour trains between London King's Cross and Peterborough.

Some Kings Cross to Kings Lynn/Ely/Peterborough services do call at Stevenage.

Since August 2020, trains to Moorgate via the Hertford Loop Line have terminated at the station's platform 5.

• 2 trains per hour south to Moorgate via Hertford North, calling at all stations en route.

London North Eastern Railway Routes
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Stevenage is also served by some London North Eastern Railway services on the East Coast Main Line. During the day, there is an hourly service between London King's Cross and Leeds and an hourly service between King's Cross and extended to York and Lincoln every 2 hours unless of Engineering Works; at other times there are also services to Edinburgh Waverley and Newcastle.[6] These services use platform 2 southbound and platform 3 northbound.

Hull Trains: Beverley & Hull to London
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Most trains run fast between Grantham and London King's Cross.

Hull Trains offer a very limited service, only calling at Stevenage on Sunday afternoons, 1 train northbound and 2 trains southbound. This service runs between King's Cross and Hull.[7]

New services were rolled out in 2018 under the Thameslink Programme. The East Coast Mainline/Great Northern routes, from Peterborough and Cambridge and stations in between, including Stevenage, became connected to Thameslink via the Canal Tunnels and destinations south of central London.[8]

• Southbound:
  • 2 trains per hour to Brighton (fast) via London St Pancras, London Bridge, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport and Burgess Hill. These services originate at Cambridge.
  • 2 trains per hour to Horsham (fast north of London, stopping south of London) via London St Pancras, London Bridge, East Croydon, Redhill, Gatwick Airport and Crawley. These services originate at Peterborough.
  • 2 trains per hour to London Kings Cross (stopping). These services originate at either Cambridge or Cambridge North.
• Northbound:
  • 4 trains per hour to Cambridge (4 semi-fast, 2 stopping) via Letchworth Garden City and Royston. The semi-fast services originate at Brighton, while the stopping services originate at London Kings Cross. One stopping train per hour extends to Cambridge.
  • 2 trains an hour to Peterborough (stopping) via St. Neots. These services originate at Horsham.

Until May 2018 most weekday trains on the Hertford Loop Line were extended to Letchworth,[9] as there was insufficient capacity to accommodate terminating trains at Stevenage. However, in 2018, Govia Thameslink Railway (the operator of Great Northern services) has cut back all services to start/terminate at Stevenage. To help alleviate the capacity problem, an additional south-facing bay platform at Stevenage which allows Great Northern trains on the Hertford Loop Line to terminate here - similar to the arrangement at Welwyn Garden City - increasing capacity on both the Hertford Loop and the East Coast Main Line, and allow for an enhanced service frequency on both routes was officially opened on August 3, 2020.[10]

In May 2016 ORR gave the green light to a new open-access operator called East Coast Trains, which would operate services to Edinburgh Waverley via Stevenage, Newcastle and Morpeth. Services are planned to begin in 2021.[11][12][13]