Potters Bar railway station

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Potters Bar

Looking down Darkes Lane. The railway station is on the left of the picture

Location

Place

Potters Bar

Local authority

Hertsmere

Coordinates

51°41′49″N 0°11′38″W / 51.697, -0.194Coordinates: 51°41′49″N 0°11′38″W / 51.697, -0.194

Operations

Station code

PBR

Managed by

First Capital Connect

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

1.440 million

History

Key dates

Opened August 1850
Rail crash February 1946
Station rebuilt 1954
Rail crash May 2002

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Potters Bar from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Potters Bar railway station serves the town of Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, England.

1 Services
2 Miscellaneous
3 Potters Bar rail crashes
4 External links

[edit] Services

Mondays-Fridays

2 trains per hour (tph) to London King's Cross, calling only at Finsbury Park
3 tph to London Moorgate, calling at Hadley Wood, New Barnet, Oakleigh Park, New Southgate, Alexandra Palace, Hornsey, Harringay, Finsbury Park, Drayton Park, Highbury and Islington, Essex Road and Old Street
3 tph to Welwyn Garden City, calling at Brookmans Park, Welham Green and Hatfield
1 tph to Cambridge, calling at Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn North, Knebworth, Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City, Baldock, Ashwell and Morden, Royston, Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton
1 tph to Peterborough, calling at Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn North, Knebworth, Stevenage, Hitchin, Arlesey, Biggleswade, Sandy, St Neots and Huntingdon

Saturdays

4 tph to London King's Cross, of which:
- 2 call only at Finsbury Park
- 2 call at all stations (as per the Moorgate service above)
2 tph to Welwyn Garden City as above
1 tph to Cambridge as above
1 tph to Peterborough as above

Sundays

3 tph to London King's Cross, of which:
- 1 calls only at Finsbury Park
- 2 call at all stations (as per Saturdays)
2 tph to Welwyn Garden City as above
1 tph to Cambridge as above

Preceding station	First Capital Connect	Following station
Finsbury Park towards London King's Cross	Great Northern semi-fast	Hatfield towards Cambridge or Peterborough
Finsbury Park towards London King's Cross	Great Northern stopping	Hatfield towards Cambridge
Hadley Wood towards London King's Cross or London Moorgate	Great Northern stopping	Brookmans Park towards Welwyn Garden City or Letchworth

[edit] Miscellaneous

Potters Bar station is the highest on the East Coast Mainline between London (King's Cross railway station) and York.

[edit] Potters Bar rail crashes

Main article: Potters Bar rail accidents

Potters Bar has been the site of two major train crashes. On 10 February 1946 a three-train crash resulted in 2 fatalities and 17 people were hospitalized. The derailment of a fast train on 10 May 2002 resulted in 7 fatalities and 76 injured.