Hitchin railway station

Hitchin
The tracks and platform 2
General information
Location	Hitchin, North Hertfordshire England
Grid reference	TL194297
Managed by	Great Northern
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	HIT
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
7 August 1850	Station opened
Passengers
2018/19	3.265 million
Interchange	0.174 million
2019/20	3.234 million
Interchange	0.164 million
2020/21	0.750 million
Interchange	45,488
2021/22	1.981 million
Interchange	0.102 million
2022/23	2.512 million
Interchange	77,171
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Hitchin railway station serves the market town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. It is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north east of the town centre and 31 miles 74 chains (51.4 km) north of London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line.^[1]

Until the current Stevenage station opened in 1973, many Intercity services stopped at Hitchin.

In August 2007 Hitchin was awarded Secure Station status after improvements to station security were made by First Capital Connect, including new lighting, extra CCTV and the installation of automatic ticket gates.