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Birmingham–Peterborough line: ... London King's Cross to Cambridge and Letchworth Garden City, ... medium-distance services between London King's Cross, ...
The line was then leased by the Great Northern Railway [6] in 1850 and subsequently purchased in 1898 [7] and through services run from London King's Cross to Cambridge. In 2002, a train travelling from King's Cross to King's Lynn, via Cambridge, crashed at Potter's Bar, shortly before set to join the Cambridge line, killing seven.
King's Cross is a district in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington, on either side of Euston Road in north London, England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Charing Cross, bordered by Barnsbury to the north, Clerkenwell to the southeast, Angel to the east, Holborn and Bloomsbury to the south, Euston to the west and Camden Town to the northwest.
During peak hours, all services from London King's Cross to Letchworth Garden City (see table above) are extended to/from Cambridge, resulting in a 2tph 'stopping service' between London King's Cross and Cambridge. [15]
Great Northern operate through services to London King's Cross (via the Cambridge line). These services operate non-stop between London and Cambridge for most of the day, as part of the half-hourly "Cambridge Express" service. One train an hour is extended beyond Cambridge to serve all stations to King's Lynn, whilst the alternative services ...
It is sited 76 miles 29 chains (122.9 km) north of London King's Cross. The station is a major interchange serving both the north–south East Coast Main Line, as well as long-distance and local east–west services. The station is managed by London North Eastern Railway. Ticket gates came into use at the station in 2012.
The station is 44 miles 72 chains (72.3 km) from London Kings Cross on the Cambridge Line. [1] Trains serving the station are operated by Thameslink and Great Northern . The station is an important stop on the commuter line between King's Cross and Cambridge as the majority of semi-fast services between London and Cambridge stop at Royston ...
King's Cross was a London terminus for InterCity 125 high speed services, along with Paddington. By 1982, almost all long-distance trains leaving King's Cross were 125s. The service proved to be popular, and the station saw regular queues across the concourse to board departing trains. [51]