Foxton railway station

Foxton
National Rail
Platform 1, for London Kings Cross
General information
LocationFoxton, South Cambridgeshire
England
Grid referenceTL409487
Managed byGreat Northern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFXN
ClassificationDfT category F2
Key dates
1 April 1852Station opened
Passengers
2019/20Increase 0.105 million
2020/21Decrease 30,564
2021/22Increase 75,252
2022/23Increase 87,794
2023/24Increase 94,124
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Foxton railway station serves the village of Foxton in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 50 miles 77 chains (50.96 miles, 82.02 km) from London King's Cross.[1] The station is operated by Great Northern.

It is located adjacent to the busy A10 level crossing, which is monitored from the nearby signal box. A freight-only branch (the Barrington Light Railway) diverges to the west beyond the crossing south of the station, serving the nearby Barrington cement works & quarry.[2]

Services

All services at Foxton are operated by Great Northern using Class 387 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Cambridge and London King's Cross. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.[3]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Great Northern
Disused railways
Shepreth   British Rail Eastern Region
  Harston

Developments

Platform 2 (for trains to Cambridge) was extended in Summer 2017 to allow 8-car trains to call without straddling the level crossing behind.[4] Platform 1 was not lengthened, as it is located before the crossing and 8-car trains use Selective door operation to open the doors on the front four carriages only.[5]

References

  1. ^ Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 24C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  2. ^ "DB Schenker Rail UK runs first service to Barrington Quarry" Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback MachineDB Cargo; Retrieved 23 August 2016
  3. ^ Table 25 National Rail timetable, June 2024
  4. ^ "Platform extensions in South Cambridgeshire - Thameslink Programme". Thameslink Programme. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Praise for platform extensions at Shepreth and Foxton but rail bosses say Meldreth work not needed". Royston Crow. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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