Hitchin (HIT)
Managed by First Capital Connect
Station facilities
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Station seating facilities
First Class lounge No Seating area Yes Waiting Rooms None Women-Only Waiting Room No -
Trolleys
-
Refreshments
-
ATM Machine
ATM Machine Yes Bureau de Change No -
Toilets
-
Pay Phone
Pay Phone Cards and coins -
Internet
Public WiFi No Note Find WiFi Hotspots around Hitchin station Web Kiosk No -
Post Box
-
Tourist Information Office
Tourist Information Office No -
Shops
Shops Yes
Hitchin
Transport links
- Connection time
- 4 minutes (minimum)
- Cycle storage
- To be confirmed by station operator
- Sheltered cycle storage
- Partial
- Cycle storage location
- outside booking office, and at the front
- Car park
- Station Car Park
- Car park opening
- Monday-Friday 24 hours
- Saturday 24 hours
- Sunday 24 hours
- Car park operator
- National Car Parks Ltd
- Car park operator phone
- 0845 680 0023 (primary)
- Car park operator address
- www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk
- Car park spaces
- 354
- Charges
- £6.00 daily , £27.50 weekly , £100.00 monthly , £280.00 three-monthly , £950.00 annually
Ticket buying and collection
- Ticket office opening
- Monday-Saturday 06:15-20:00
- Sunday 07:15-18:30
- Self-service machines
- Yes
- Collect from counter
- Yes
- Collect from machine
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Yes
There are two ticket machines which accepts cash & credit/debit cards which is approximately 7 feet in height and is blue in colour with a silver front and has the word TICKETS on the front which is located outside the booking hall entrance near the taxi rank and is available at all times. In addition there are two credit/debit card only machines approximately 4 feet in height, blue in colour and has the logo FASTTICKETS above them which are located in the booking hall and are available only when the station is open.
- Station Entrance
- Oyster PrePay
- No
- Penalty fares
Penalty Fares apply to journeys from Hitchin station when travelling with:
- First Capital Connect
Accessibility and mobility access
- Customer help points
- No
- Staff help
-
Yes
- Monday-Saturday 06:15-21:00
- Sunday 07:00-18:50
- Monday-Friday 06:00-21:00
- Saturday 06:00-21:00
- Accessible ticket machines
- No
- Accessible ticket office counter
- Yes
- Disabled access windiow. Discretion is shown and assistance is provided where appropriate
- Induction loop
- Yes
- Ramp for train access
- Yes
- Accessible taxis
- Yes
- Accessible public telephones
- No
- no
- National key toilets
- No
- Step free access coverage
- Partial station
- step free access to Booking Hall area and North Bound services only. Access to Platform 1 (London bound) is via an underpass which has stair cases at each end.
- Impaired mobility set down
- No
- Disabled parking
- No
- Accessible car park equipment
- No
- Wheelchairs
- No
General services information
- Customer service
- Yes
- Left luggage
- No
- Lost property
- Yes
- British Transport Police
- 0800 40 50 40
Staffing
- Staffing level
- Part time
- Monday-Saturday 06:00-21:00
- Sunday 07:00-18:50
