Hitchin railway station

You can reach 79 stations directly from Hitchin on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Stevenage, with 241 trains a day.

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Hitchin is the nearest station for postcodes in SG5, SG4. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Hitchin

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Stevenage	241	231	116
Finsbury Park	240	231	115
Letchworth Garden City	170	151	81
London Blackfriars	140	136	28
East Croydon	140	136	28
Gatwick Airport	140	136	28
St Pancras International	140	136	28
Farringdon	140	136	28
Royston	139	111	73
Three Bridges	139	136	27
London Bridge	138	135	0
Cambridge	137	109	72
Cambridge South	137	109	72
Baldock	136	111	73
City Thameslink	134	94	0
Ashwell & Morden	110	82	73
London King's Cross	109	92	87
Knebworth	96	77	44
Welwyn North	94	77	44
Alexandra Palace	85	80	47
Welwyn Garden City	84	78	45
Hatfield	82	77	45
Potters Bar	82	77	45
Arlesey	81	80	36
Biggleswade	81	80	36
Huntingdon	81	80	36
Peterborough	81	80	36
Sandy	81	80	36
St Neots	81	80	36
Horley	74	72	0
Redhill	74	72	0
Crawley	73	72	0
Horsham	73	72	0
Ifield	73	72	0
Littlehaven	73	72	0
Coulsdon South	70	67	0
Foxton	68	41	38
Meldreth	68	41	38
Merstham	68	67	0
Shepreth	68	41	38

and 39 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Hitchin is

2,940,178 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 184th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 170,803 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Hitchin and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 538,524 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 58 stations instead of 79, a drop of about 27%. Saturday runs to 76.

Nearest other stations

Letchworth Garden City 2.4 miles
Baldock 4.2 miles
Stevenage 4.3 miles
Arlesey 5.0 miles
Knebworth 6.8 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Hitchin, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Three Counties · 3.7 miles
Henlow Camp · 4.1 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.