Baldock railway station


Baldock railway station serves the historic market town of Baldock, in Hertfordshire, England. It is a stop on the Cambridge Line, sited north of London King's Cross and on the outskirts of the town.

History

Opened by the Royston and Hitchin Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.
The station is part of the Thameslink Programme which connects Cambridge with Farringdon, City Thameslink and Blackfriars station, via the Great Northern Route. This project went live in 2018.

Services

Services at Baldock are operated by Thameslink and Great Northern using Classes 387 and electric multiple units.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
  • 1 tph to
  • 2 tph to, via and
  • 3 tph to
During peak hours, the service to London King's Cross and the all stations service to Cambridge are increased to 2 tph.
On Sundays, the service between Brighton and Cambridge is reduced to hourly.