Foxton railway station

Foxton
Platform 1, for London Kings Cross
Location
Place	Foxton
Local authority	South Cambridgeshire
Grid reference	TL409487
Operations
Station code	FXN
Managed by	Great Northern
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	53,538
2005/06	54,088
2006/07	64,685
2007/08	63,418
2008/09	77,172
2009/10	72,072
2010/11	76,860
2011/12	83,366
2012/13	87,974
2013/14	87,164
2014/15	94,080
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Foxton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Foxton railway station serves the village of Foxton in Cambridgeshire, England. The station (as well as the trains serving it) is operated by Great Northern. It is located north of a busy level crossing, which is monitored from the nearby signal box. There is also a freight-only branch (the Barrington Light Railway) that diverges to the west beyond the crossing south of the station, which serves a nearby cement factory & quarry.^[1]

Services

A train leaves hourly in each direction all week (including Sundays). Up (London-bound) trains call at Shepreth, Meldreth, Royston, Ashwell and Morden, Baldock, Letchworth Garden City, Hitchin, Stevenage, Knebworth, Welwyn North, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Potters Bar, Finsbury Park and London Kings Cross.

Down (away from London) trains go to Cambridge. A number of trains to/from King's Lynn and Ely also call here in the weekday peaks.^[2]

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Shepreth		Great Northern Hitchin-Cambridge Line	Cambridge
	Disused railways
Shepreth		British Railways Hitchin-Cambridge Line	Harston

References

↑ "DB Schenker Rail UK runs first service to Barrington Quarry"DB Cargo; Retrieved 23 August 2016
↑ Table 25 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

Train times and station information for Foxton railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 52°07′08″N 0°03′25″E / 52.119°N 0.057°E / 52.119; 0.057

Great Northern Route

GN core route stations	King's Cross Finsbury Park Harringay Hornsey Alexandra Palace New Southgate Oakleigh Park New Barnet Hadley Wood Potters Bar Brookmans Park Welham Green Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Welwyn North Knebworth Stevenage Hitchin

Northern City Line	Moorgate Old Street Essex Road Highbury & Islington Drayton Park

Hertford Loop Line	Bowes Park Palmers Green Winchmore Hill Grange Park Enfield Chase Gordon Hill Crews Hill, Cuffley Bayford Hertford North Watton-at-Stone

Peterborough Line	Arlesey Biggleswade Sandy St Neots Huntingdon Peterborough

Hitchin-Cambridge Line	Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge

Train operating company	Great Northern (part of Govia Thameslink Railway)

Former operators	West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) First Capital Connect

Closed line	Varsity Line

Closed stations	Abbots Ripton Denver Enfield Harston Hilgay Holloway and Caledonian Road Holme (Cambridgeshire) Holme (Norfolk) Maiden Lane Offord and Buckden Ouse Bridge Stapleford Stow Bardolph Tempsford Three Counties Yaxley and Farcet

Future stations and infrastructure	Cambridge Science Park Hitchin flyover

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Great Northern Peterborough & Cambridge	London King's Cross Finsbury Park Potters Bar Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Welwyn North Knebworth Stevenage Hitchin Arlesey Biggleswade Sandy St. Neots Huntingdon Peterborough Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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