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Bayford (BAY)

Bayford station, Brickendon Lane, Bayford, Hertfordshire, SG13 8PH

Live trains

Radio buttons live-trains-finder-type

Ticket Office

Opening Hours

No

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. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.

Induction loop

Yes

Oyster Pay as you go Information

Purchase Oyster card here

No

Load Oyster Pay as you go here
  • Load Oyster card at Ticket Machine
Use Oyster Pay as you go here

Yes

Pay as you go note

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

No

Smartcard tickets
  • No
Smartcard validators

Yes

Smartcard note

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

Information Available From Staff

  • Yes - from help point

Customer Information

  • Departure Screens
  • Live journey information

Information Services Opening Times

  • Information Services Opening Times Monday to Sunday: No

Staff Help Available

  • Staff Help Available Monday to Sunday: No

Our Mobile Assistance Team is available to help you to complete your journey from this station if it is unstaffed.

If you have not booked assistance and require help boarding at this station, then on arrival please contact this team by either:

  • pressing the 'emergency & assisted travel' Help Point button

  • calling us on the freephone number 0808 168 1238 - Please note this is for immediate assistance only

  • texting us on 07970 511077

We will then arrange for our Mobile Assistance Team to reach you in good time before your train is scheduled to depart.

Whether you pre-book your assistance or prefer more flexibility, we recommend arriving 20 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart.

Customer Help Points

Yes

The Assistance Meeting Point is to the left of the ticket machine, at the foot of the stairs to platform 1.

Customer Services Notes

Assistance can be provided via the help points, located on the platforms, at all times of the day.

Luggage Storage

No

Lost Property

Yes

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.

CCTV at the Station

Yes

Station Accessibility

Step-free access

Some step-free access, may be in one direction only - please check details.

This is a Category B3 station: Step-free access to platform 1 (to London) via a ramp (less steep than a 1:10 gradient) from the station car park. Steps to platform 2 (towards Hertford North).

The Assistance Meeting Point is to the left of the ticket machine, at the foot of the stairs to platform 1.

Ticket barriers and gates

No

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.

Induction loop

Yes

Ramp for train access

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. A Mobile Assistance team also covers this station.

You can arrange assistance by:

  • Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point

  • Calling our freephone number: 0808 168 1238 - Please note this is for immediate assistance only

  • Texting us on 07970 511077


Accessible Toilets

No

Waiting rooms

No

Seating area

Yes

Unheated waiting shelters are available on both platforms

Wheelchairs available

No

Getting to and from the station

Accessible taxis here

No

Impaired mobility set down/pick-up point

Yes

In the car park.

Accessible spaces

5 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
  • Staff help available Monday to Sunday: No

Our Mobile Assistance Team is available to help you to complete your journey from this station if it is unstaffed.

If you have not booked assistance and require help boarding at this station, then on arrival please contact this team by either:

  • pressing the 'emergency & assisted travel' Help Point button

  • calling us on the freephone number 0808 168 1238 - Please note this is for immediate assistance only

  • texting us on 07970 511077

We will then arrange for our Mobile Assistance Team to reach you in good time before your train is scheduled to depart.

Whether you pre-book your assistance or prefer more flexibility, we recommend arriving 20 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart.

Customer Help Points and Meeting Point

Yes

The Assistance Meeting Point is to the left of the ticket machine, at the foot of the stairs to platform 1.

Helpline
  • Helpline Monday to Sunday: Yes

The assisted travel helpline is not available on Christmas Day.

0800 058 2844

If you choose to travel unbooked (turn up and go), when the station is staffed, our station staff can provide assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Please contact a member of staff on arrival.

Trains calling at this station do not have on board staff. Alternatively, you can arrange assistance by:

  • Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point

  • Calling our freephone number: 0800 058 2844

  • Texting us on 0800 138 1018

Whether you pre book assistance or travel on a 'turn up and go' basis, 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

No

Accessible Toilets

No

Baby Changing

No

Waiting Rooms

No

Seating Area

Yes

Unheated waiting shelters are available on both platforms

Car Parking Availability

  • Car Parking Availability Monday to Sunday: Yes

Spaces

50 spaces

Accessible spaces

5 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

In the car park.

Car park CCTV

No

Refreshment Facilities

No

Pay Phones

No

Public 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.

Bicycle Storage

Spaces

10 spaces

Type of Storage

Stands

Location

A cycle rack is available in the car park.

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

CCTV

Yes

Bicycle Hire

Cycle Hire Information

There are no cycle hire facilities at this station

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