| Symbol: | rail |
| Hatfield | |
| Railcode: | HAT |
| Dft Category: | C2 |
| Manager: | Great Northern |
| Locale: | Hatfield |
| Borough: | Borough of Welwyn Hatfield |
| Railexits0203: | 1.130 |
| Railexits0405: | 1.407 |
| Railexits0506: | 1.430 |
| Railexits0607: | 1.642 |
| Railexits0708: | 1.768 |
| Railexits0809: | 1.905 |
| Railexits0910: | 1.837 |
| Railexits1011: | 1.928 |
| Railexits1112: | 2.094 |
| Railexits1213: | 2.095 |
| Railexits1314: | 2.085 |
| Railexits1415: | 2.134 |
| Railexits1516: | 2.348 |
| Railexits1617: | 2.377 |
| Railexits1718: | 2.381 |
| Railexits1819: | 2.360 --> |
| Railexits1920: | 2.340 |
| Railexits2021: | 0.591 |
| Railexits2122: | 1.552 |
| Railexits2223: | 2.188 |
| Railexits2324: | 2.318 |
| Platforms: | 3 |
| Tracks: | 4 |
| Gridref: | TL232087 |
| Original: | Great Northern Railway |
| Pregroup: | Great Northern Railway |
| Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Events1: | Station opened |
| Events2: | Station redevelopment began |
| Events3: | Multi-storey Car Park opened |
| Coordinates: | 51.764°N -0.216°W |
| Map Type: | Hertfordshire |
| Access: | yes |
Hatfield railway station serves the town of Hatfield in Hertfordshire, England. The station is managed by Great Northern. It is 17miles measured from on the East Coast Main Line.[1]
Hatfield was formerly the junction of a branch to St Albans. The Hatfield and St Albans Railway closed to passenger traffic in 1951 as part of postwar economies brought in by the British Transport Commission.[2] The route of the line is now a public footpath, the Alban Way.
Hatfield has waiting rooms on all platforms, with extra shelters provided at various points along the platforms, as well as a canopy on Platform 1. There is a small café-shop style business, "Chuggs" on Platform 1, and three new retail units which opened in the new station building. There are three platform faces in total - platform 1 is a side platform facing the Up Slow line & used by London-bound trains (there is no platform on the Up Fast line), whilst platforms 2 & 3 face the Down Fast and Down Slow lines respectively; the latter is used by the majority of northbound trains.
The station has a "Fast-Ticket" machine, as well as a standard touchscreen machine on either side of the building. Hatfield also has many vending machines throughout the station and a photo booth inside the booking hall, which also contains male/female toilets and a separate disabled toilet. Ticket barriers are in operation.
Off-peak, all services at Hatfield are operated by Great Northern using and EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
Additional services, including a number of Thameslink operated services to and from via call at the station during the peak hours.
Hatfield Station was redeveloped in 2013 - 15 to include a new bus interchange and taxi rank, multi-storey car park, refurbished ticket office, three new retail units and step-free access to all platforms.[7]
Work on the project, which was to cost £9 million,[8] began in 2013 and was completed by the end of 2015.
The new multi-storey car park opened on 17 November 2014.[9]
Three fatal rail crashes have occurred near Hatfield: