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Potters Bar (PBR)

Potters Bar station, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1AJ

Live trains

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Ticket Office

Opening Hours
  • Opening Hours Monday to Friday: 06:15 - 20:10
  • Opening Hours Saturday: 07:15 - 19:10
  • Opening Hours Sunday: 08:15 - 19:30
Ticket Machines

Yes

Collect tickets bought online
  • Collect tickets at Ticket Machine
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 so please check the station access note for further details

Induction loop

Yes

Oyster and Contactless Information

Purchase Oyster card here

No

Top-up Oyster Pay as you go here
  • Top-up Oyster at Ticket Machine
Use Oyster or Contactless Pay as you go here

Yes

Oyster and Contactless notes

Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station.

Smartcards

Smartcards issued at this station

Yes

Smartcard tickets
  • No
Smartcard validators

Yes

Smartcard notes

For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit: www.greatnorthernrail.com/thekeysmartcard

Information Available From Staff

  • Yes - from help point

Customer Information Screens

  • Departure Screens
  • Announcements

Staff Help Available

Yes

A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station. Station staff are usually available at the times listed below.

Customer Help Points

Yes

Luggage Storage

No

Lost Property

  • Lost Property Monday to Sunday: Yes

CCTV at the Station

Yes

Station Accessibility

Step-free access

Some step-free access to all platforms - please check details.

This is a Category B2 station: Step-free access to all platforms via long, steep ramps (over 1:10 gradient).

Assistance Meeting Point is subway near the main entrance.

This station does not have tactile surfaces along all platform edges. Please pay attention to where the platform surface changes from smooth to paved or contact us for assistance.

Ticket barriers and gates

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 so please check the station access note for further details

Induction loop

Yes

Ramp for train access

Yes

Accessible Toilets

Yes

Waiting rooms

Yes

Waiting Rooms normally available when station is staffed.

Heated waiting rooms are available on platforms 1 and 4.

Seating area

Yes

Accessible public telephones

Yes

Public telephones are not accessible

Wheelchairs available

Yes

Getting to and from the station

Accessible taxis here

No

Impaired mobility set down/pick-up point

Yes

Located at the front of the station

Accessible spaces

4 spaces

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.

The car park at this station is controlled by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), please ensure you follow the signage displayed in the car park to register your car for free parking as well as displaying your Blue Badge.

Staff Help

Staff help available

Yes

A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station. Station staff are usually available at the times listed below.

Customer Help Points and Meeting Point

Yes

Helpline
  • Helpline Monday to Sunday: Yes

The assisted helpline is not available on Christmas Day.

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.

Toilets

Yes

WC located on platform 1

Accessible Toilets

Yes

Baby Changing

Yes

Waiting Rooms

Yes

Waiting Rooms normally available when station is staffed.

Heated waiting rooms are available on platforms 1 and 4.

Seating Area

Yes

Car Parking Availability

  • Car Parking Availability Monday to Sunday: Yes

Spaces

273 spaces

Accessible spaces

4 spaces

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.

The car park at this station is controlled by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), please ensure you follow the signage displayed in the car park to register your car for free parking as well as displaying your Blue Badge.

Impaired mobility set down/pick up points available

Yes

Located at the front of the station

Car park CCTV

Yes

ATM

Yes

ATM located in station entrance

Refreshment Facilities

Yes

Shops

Yes

Pay Phones

No

Accessible Public Telephones

Yes

Public telephones are not accessible

Bicycle Storage

Spaces

84 spaces

Type of Storage

Stands

Location

Station entrance and car park

Sheltered

Yes

CCTV

Yes

Bicycle Hire

Cycle Hire Information

There are no cycle hire facilities at this station

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