Harlington railway station

Not to be confused with Hayes and Harlington railway station.

Harlington
265px The front of the main station building
Location
Place	Harlington
Local authority	District of Central Bedfordshire
Grid reference	TL034303
Operations
Station code	HLN
Managed by	Thameslink
Number of platforms	4
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2008/09	0.325 million
2009/10	0.290 million
2010/11	0.291 million
2011/12	0.308 million
2012/13	0.320 million
2013/14	0.314 million
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Harlington from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Harlington railway station is located in Bedfordshire, at the west of Harlington village.

It was built by the Midland Railway in 1868 on its extension to St. Pancras. The original intention had been to call it "Harlington for Toddington". The station buildings still exist and were carefully restored in the early 1980s. The station is situated on the Midland Main Line and managed by Thameslink.

Services

From here trains go north to Bedford and south to London, Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

The typical off-peak service from this station is:

• 4 tph to Bedford
• 2 tph to Brighton via Leagrave, Luton, Luton Airport Parkway, Harpenden, St Albans, London, Gatwick Airport and Three Bridges
• 2 tph to Three Bridges via Leagrave, Luton, Luton Airport Parkway, Harpenden, St Albans, London and Gatwick Airport
• East Midlands Trains InterCity services from Leeds, Sheffield and Leicester run through at high speed, but do not stop. Interchange with InterCity services can be made at Luton and Bedford.

Harlington station has the following facilities:

• Shelters on each platform
• 1 telephone
• 1 Ticket Machine
• Cycle storage for 44 bikes
• Car park with 127 spaces

The station has a PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together for a cheaper price. It is in the same area as Flitwick station.

As well as Harlington village itself, the station also serves the villages of Barton-le-Clay, Toddington and Westoning.

Ticket Office opening hours

The ticket office is open for just over 7½ hours per day Mondays to Friday and 6 hours per day on Saturday.

In January 2009, the previous franchisee First Capital Connect proposed that the ticket office at Harlington railway station would open for just four hours per day. The proposals were for the office to open at 0645 (previously 0600) and close at 1030 (currently 1850) on weekdays. There would be no weekend opening under theses proposals. The single automated ticket machine, which was stolen in summer 2008, was replaced the same week that the proposals were announced. Subsequently, whilst a reduction in hours was agreed, although not to the degree set out in the initial proposal (see above).

Gallery

• Harlington Main Building.jpg

  The main station building, facing on to Platform 4.

• Harlington Southbound.jpg

  Southbound view from Platform 4, outside the main station building.

• Harlington Up Platform.jpg

  Thameslink train from Bedford to Brighton arriving at Platform 1.

External links

• Train times and station information for Harlington railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Flitwick		Thameslink Thameslink		Leagrave
		Thameslink Bedford-Sevenoaks (peak trains)