Foxton | |
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Platform 1, for London Kings Cross
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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 |
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Annual rail passenger usage* | |
2011/12 | 83,366 |
2012/13 | 87,974 |
2013/14 | 87,164 |
2014/15 | 94,080 |
2015/16 | 88,236 |
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. | |
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.
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 King's 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.