Hitchin train station

You can reach 77 stations directly from Hitchin on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Stevenage, with 232 trains a day.

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• 77 direct destinations
• 184th busiest in Britain
• Staffed full time
• Step-free throughout
• 389 parking spaces
• 10 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Hitchin

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

and 37 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Hitchin

Hitchin is on the East Coast Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Hitchin station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Hitchin station on 488 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 84 paths on the Wednesday, 83 paths on the Saturday and 8 paths on the Sunday. 36 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 02:00 to 03:00 on the Saturday, with 12 paths booked.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Hitchin station 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: 51 stations instead of 77, a drop of about 34%. Saturday runs to 69.

Changing from 14 April 2027

From 14 April 2027, Hitchin gains 2 destinations including Harringay, Hornsey.

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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Facilities at Hitchin station

Hitchin is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:15 to 20:00 · Saturday: 06:15 to 20:00 · Sunday: 07:15 to 18:30

Toilets

Parking at Hitchin station

• Station Car Park 389 spaces, 15 accessible

Cycle parking: 291 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 6 September 2026.

Getting to Hitchin station

Hitchin station is in North Hertfordshire, East of England, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern).

The nearest motorway junction is A1(M) J9 (Letchworth Gate), 2.4 miles east.

10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Hitchin Railway Station.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Hitchin station elsewhere

• National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
• Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
• Wikipedia the station's history
• OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from

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