Welham Green railway station

LocationWelham GreenLocal authorityBorough of Welwyn HatfieldGrid referenceTL237056Managed byGreat NorthernStation codeWMGDfT categoryENumber of platforms2National Rail annual entry and exit2018–19 0.199 million^[1]2019–20 0.206 million^[1]2020–21 65,068^[1]2021–22 0.153 million^[1]2022–23 0.197 million^[1]Key dates29 September 1986OpenedOther informationExternal links

• Departures
• Layout
• Facilities
• Buses

Coordinates51°44′10″N 0°12′40″W / 51.736°N 0.211°W / 51.736; -0.211 London transport portal

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Welham Green railway station serves the village of Welham Green in Hertfordshire, England. It is 15 miles 50 chains (25.1 km) measured from King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line.^[2]

Welham Green is just south of the scene of the Hatfield rail crash in 2000 and was initially identified in BBC broadcasts as the location of the accident.

History

Welham Green station was opened on 29 September 1986 on the site of the former Marshmoor Sidings.^[3] It has two platforms and was opened by British Rail.

The station was built with funding from Welwyn District Council, Hertfordshire County Council, Hatfield Parish Council and British Rail.

The booking office at Welham Green was equipped with APTIS in December 1986, making it one of the first stations with the ticketing system which was eventually found across the UK at all staffed British Rail stations by the end of the 1980s.^[4]

Facilities

A booking office, open during the morning rush hour, is located on the northbound platform and is reached, from the west, through the station car park. A self-service 'Shere' ticket machine was installed in Autumn 2008 on the road overbridge, at the entrance to the northbound platform.

There are shelters on both platforms, and a small amount of seating near them.

Services

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour to Moorgate. Moorgate trains formerly ran only on weekdays up until 10 pm (running to Kings Cross outside of these times), but now run there at all times (including weekends) since the December 2015 timetable change.

Ticket Office Opening Times & Station Staffing Hours

Below are the current opening and staffing times for Welham Green, as of 2010^[update].^[5]

Ticket Office Hours
Day	Opens	Closes
Monday to Friday	07:15	10:15
Saturday	-	-
Sunday	-	-

Station Staffing Hours
Day	From	Until
Monday to Friday	07:00	10:30
Saturday	-	-
Sunday	-	-

Route

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Brookmans Park		Great Northern Northern City Line		Hatfield

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