Station

Station facilities

  • Parking
  • Shops
  • Ticket machine
  • Ticket office
  • Toilets
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General service information
Staffing Level
Full time
Closed Circuit Television
Yes
Information Available From Staff
Yes - from help point
Yes - from information point
Yes - from ticket office
Information Services Open
Mon-Sun
CIS
  • Departure Screens
  • Announcements
Customer Help Points

No

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the ticket office.

Ticket buying and collection
Ticket Office
Yes
Prepurchase Collection
Ticket Office: Yes
Ticket Machine: Yes
Ticket Machine
Yes
Oystercard Issued

No

Use Oystercard

No

Oyster Comments

Oyster cannot be used at this station.

Always Show Oyster Card Fields

No

Smartcard Issued
Yes
Smartcard Validator
Yes
Smartcard Comments

For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Great Northern website.

All station facilities
Seated Area
Yes
Waiting Room

Heated waiting areas are available on all platforms.

Station Buffet
Yes
Toilets
Yes

Located within the booking hall.

Telephones

No

Wi Fi

No

There is no WIFI at this station. However, WIFI is available onboard trains which serve this station. More information about onboard WIFI can be found on the Great Northern website.

Atm Machine
Yes

ATM located in station entrance

Shops
Yes
Accessibility and mobility access
Helpline

For help with planning your journey, or to book assistance, please contact our assisted travel helpline on:

  • Phone - 0800 058 2844
  • Textphone - 0800 138 1018

https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/travel-information/travel-help/assisted-travel
Mon-Sun
Induction Loop
Yes
Accessible Ticket Machines
Yes

All Great Northern ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts.

Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.

Ramp For Train Access
Yes

A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station.

Accessible Taxis

No

Step Free Access

This is a Category B1 station: Step free access to all platforms via main entrance (Lytton Way). Steep ramp access from Leisure Park entrance via long, steep council ramp.

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the ticket office.


Coverage: partial Station
Ticket Gates
Yes
Impaired Mobility Set Down
Yes

Station staff  assistance to ground level, subject to staff availability. Cannot be guaranteed

Wheelchairs Available
Yes
Assisted Travel

Staff are available at this station at all times for providing assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Assistance can be provided unbooked (turn up and go) or pre booked up to two hours before departure by contacting Assisted Travel.

Whether you pre book assistance or travel unbooked, please contact a member of staff on arrival. We recommend arriving 20 minutes prior to your train departing. This is to allow us to make sure arrangements are in place at your destination, or interchange, station such as the availability of staff and lifts. If there is insufficient time to check these arrangements, we may assist you onto the next available train.

For further information on assisted travel please see:

Accessibility at the station - Great Northern.

Parking information
Cycle Storage
Spaces: 266
Sheltered: Yes
Cctv: Yes
Location:

Located in both the short and long term car parks.

Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.


Type: Stands
CarPark
Car parking1:

Operator Name: A P C O A Parking U K
Name: Station Car Park
Spaces: 17
Number Accessible Spaces: 2
Accessible Spaces Note:

Free parking is offered to all Blue Badge holders.

Please ensure that your Blue Badge is displayed at all times when parking at any Thameslink, Southern or Great Northern station car parks.

If dedicated Blue Badge bays are occupied, please park within any available standard bay (excluding premier bays) and display your Blue Badge.


Accessible Car Park Equipment: No
Cctv: No
Open:
Mon-Fri - 24h
Saturday - 24h
Sunday - 24h


Car parking2:

Operator Name: Stevenage Borough Council
Name: Railway South Car Park
Spaces: 0
Number Accessible Spaces: 0
Accessible Car Park Equipment: No
Cctv: No

Rail Replacement Services

Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location for Great Northern, Thameslink, Lumo, Hull Trains and London North Eastern Railway services:


Rail Replacement Map: https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/65n H L Ipb60w S2 S A Q Ya Qqya/4ebec35b1f0e6c81608799b4afe20d56/2025-01_ C I_ G N_ R R B_ S V G_ D R.pdf
Taxi Rank

Located outside the main entrance.

Onward Travel

Information to plan your onward journey is available in the 'Onward Travel Information Map', located in the 'Maps' section below.

Passenger services
Left Luggage

No

Lost Property

If you have lost something at a Great Northern station or onboard a Great Northern train, please visit the Great Northern website and use the webform to register your lost item.

Some Great Northern trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below). You should consider logging your lost item with them, just in case it's been handed in at one of their stations.

If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.

Live departures and arrivals