St Neots railway station serves the town of St Neots in

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. It is located to the east of the town approximately from the town centre. It is on the East Coast Main Line, about 52 miles (83 km) from . The station is managed by Great Northern, although most services are operated by Thameslink. The station has two large island platforms and four main rail lines, a pair of "up and down" slow lines used by stopping services and a pair of "up and down" fast lines used by fast Great Northern services that stop there during peak times and for high speed services passing through.

History

The first section of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) - that from to a junction with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at

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- opened on 1 March 1848, but the southern section of the main line, between and , was not opened until August 1850. St Neots was one of the original stations, opening with the line on 7 August 1850. It was the scene of a derailment of a Scottish night express in 1895.

Facilities

There are toilet facilities at the station and a newsagent/coffee seller in the ticket hall. A taxi office is situated outside the station. St Neots station has automatic ticket barriers, which were installed in 2008 by former franchise holder First Capital Connect.

Services

Off-peak, all services at St Neots are operated by Thameslink using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to via , and * 2 tph to (all stations) During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional hourly service between and Peterborough. These services run non-stop between and London King's Cross and are operated by Great Northern using EMUs. On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly and southbound services run to London King's Cross instead of Horsham. The station is also served by several buses, with routes to the local area and to

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Recent developments

A new footbridge opened in February 2014, providing lifts to the platforms and access to the station from both sides of the track including access to the Love's Farm housing development.

Location

In the

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notation traditionally used on the railways, the station is from .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Neots Railway Station Railway stations in Cambridgeshire DfT Category D stations Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1850 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway

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