Biggleswade, District of Central Bedfordshire England
Grid reference
TL192443
Managed by
Great Northern
Platforms
4
Other information
Station code
BIW
Classification
DfT category D
Passengers
2018/19
1.038 million
2019/20
1.034 million
2020/21
0.228 million
2021/22
0.592 million
2022/23
0.753 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
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Great Northern route
Legend
King's Lynn
Watlington
Downham Market
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Ely
Waterbeach
Cambridge North
Cambridge
M11 motorway
Foxton
Shepreth
Peterborough
Meldreth
Huntingdon
Royston
St Neots
Ashwell & Morden
St Neots South/Tempsford
Sandy
Baldock
Biggleswade
A1(M) motorway
Arlesey
Letchworth Garden City
Hitchin
Stevenage
Knebworth
Watton-at-Stone
Welwyn North
Hertford North
Welwyn Garden City
Bayford
Hatfield
Cuffley
Welham Green
M25 motorway
Brookmans Park
Crews Hill
Potters Bar
Gordon Hill
M25 motorway
Enfield Chase
Hadley Wood
Grange Park
New Barnet
Winchmore Hill
Oakleigh Park
Palmers Green
New Southgate
Bowes Park
Alexandra Palace
Hornsey
Harringay
Finsbury Park
London King's Cross
Drayton Park
London St Pancras International
Highbury & Islington
Thameslink route
Essex Road
Old Street
Moorgate
Biggleswade railway station serves the market town of Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the East Coast Main Line, 41 miles 13 chains (41.16 miles, 66.24 km) from London King's Cross.[1] The station is managed by Great Northern, although most services are operated by Thameslink.
Biggleswade station was originally built in 1850 for the Great Northern railway. The original station consisted of two lines but was rebuilt in 1901 to allow the present four line arrangement to be built.
Biggleswade has two large platforms and four main rail lines, a pair of "up and down" slow lines used by stopping services and a pair of "up and down" fast lines used by fast InterCity East Coast passing through at high speed and Great Northern services at peak times running non-stop to/from London. A fifth line extends off the "down" slow line which links into the remaining sidings used by the Plasmor block company.[2]
The station's platforms have been lengthened so that they can cope with 12 car trains, which are now serving the station. The station currently has four 12-car services in the morning and two in the evening. Larger numbers of 12-car services will serve the station following the completion of the Thameslink Programme.[3]
The large waiting room on platforms 1/2 is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.[4]
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