Foxton railway station explained

Foxton
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Foxton, South Cambridgeshire
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Great Northern
Platforms:2
Code:FXN
Classification:DfT category F2
Years:1 April 1852
Events:Station opened
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Foxton railway station serves the village of Foxton in Cambridgeshire, England. It is from .[1] The station is operated by Great Northern.

It is located adjacent to the busy A10 level crossing, which is monitored from the nearby signal box. A freight-only branch (the Barrington Light Railway) diverges to the west beyond the crossing south of the station, serving the nearby Barrington cement works & quarry.[2]

Services

All services at Foxton are operated by Great Northern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between and . Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

Developments

Platform 2 (for trains to Cambridge) was extended in Summer 2017 to allow 8-car trains to call without straddling the level crossing behind.[3] Platform 1 was not lengthened, as it is located before the crossing and 8-car trains use Selective door operation to open the doors on the front four carriages only.[4]

External links

52.119°N 0.057°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Padgett, David . Brailsford . Martyn . Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern . 4th . October 2016 . 1988 . Trackmaps . Frome . 978-0-9549866-8-1 . map 24C .
  2. http://uk.dbcargo.com/rail-uk-en/News_Media/news/9660014/Barrington_Quarry.html "DB Schenker Rail UK runs first service to Barrington Quarry"
  3. News: Platform extensions in South Cambridgeshire - Thameslink Programme. Thameslink Programme. 2017-06-08. en-GB. https://web.archive.org/web/20170401040518/http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/villageplatforms. 1 April 2017. dead.
  4. News: Praise for platform extensions at Shepreth and Foxton but rail bosses say Meldreth work not needed. Royston Crow. 2018-07-09. en-GB.