Welwyn Garden City (WGC)
Welwyn Garden City station, inside The Howard Centre shopping m, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6HA
Station Information
Ticket Office
Opening Hours
- Opening Hours,Monday to Friday: 06:00 - 20:00
- Opening Hours,Saturday: 07:00 - 19:30
- Opening Hours,Sunday: 07:30 - 19:00
Ticket Machines
Yes
Collect tickets bought online
- Collect tickets at Ticket Machine
Accessible ticket machines
Available
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.
Height adjusted ticket office counter
Available
Induction loop
Yes
Oyster Pay as you go Information
Purchase Oyster card here
No
Load Oyster Pay as you go here
- No
Use Oyster Pay as you go here
No
Pay as you go note
Oyster cannot be used at this station.
Smartcards
Smartcards issued at this station
Yes
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
- Yes - from help point
Customer Information
- Departure Screens
- Live service information
Information Services Opening Times
- Information Services Opening Times,Monday to Sunday: Available
Staff Help Available
- Staff Help Available,Monday to Sunday: Available
Customer Help Points
Yes
The Assistance Meeting Point is outside the ticket office.
Left Luggage
Unavailable
Lost Property
Available
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
Help Point location
Help Points are only available in limited locations
Live service information
Announcements are made both visually and audibly
Induction loop availability
Induction loops are at designated listening areas
Station Accessibility
Step-free access
This station has step-free access to all platforms / the platform.
This is a Category A station: This station has step-free access to all platforms.
The Assistance Meeting Point is outside the ticket office.
Ticket barriers and gates
Available
Accessible ticket machines
Available
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.
Height adjusted ticket office counter
Available
Induction loop
Yes
Ramp for train access
Available
A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station.
Accessible Toilets
Available
Toilets may only be available during staffed hours at some locations.
Accessible toilets at this station are accessed using a RADAR key.
Waiting rooms
Available
Heated waiting areas are available on all platforms, fully accessible.
Seating area
Available
Wheelchairs available
Unavailable
Tactile paving on platform edges
There are tactile warnings on all platforms
Getting to and from the station
Accessible taxis here
Unavailable
Impaired mobility set down/pick-up point available
Unavailable
There are pick up and drop off points outside the Howard Centre
Impaired mobility set-down/ pick-up point note
This is a combined drop-off and pick-up point
Seating or waiting facilities at drop-off/ pick-up
There are no seating or waiting facilities at this drop-off and/or pick-up point
Waiting facility location
The drop-off and/or pick-up point is on the same side of the road as the station
Ramp deployment from rear of vehicle
Ramps can be deployed from the rear and side of a vehicle
Set-down/ pick-up location covered
The drop-off and/or pick-up point is uncovered
Dimensions of set-down/ pick-up spaces
The lane at the drop-off and/or pick-up point and/or waiting is less than 2.4m wide
Number of set-down/ pick-up spaces
There is space for 1 vehicle at a time to drop-off and/or pick-up
Help Point near set-down/ pick-up
There is no Help Point close to the drop-off and/or pick-up point
Staff Help
Staff help available
- Staff help available,Monday to Sunday: Available
Customer Help Points
Yes
The Assistance Meeting Point is outside the ticket office.
Helpline
- Helpline,Monday to Sunday: Available
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:
Help Point location
Help Points are only available in limited locations
Toilets
Available
Located on the platforms.
Accessible Toilets
Available
Toilets may only be available during staffed hours at some locations.
Accessible toilets at this station are accessed using a RADAR key.
Baby Changing
Unavailable
Waiting Rooms
Available
Heated waiting areas are available on all platforms, fully accessible.
Seating Area
Available
ATM
Available
ATM located In shopping Centre
Refreshment Facilities
Available
Public Telephones
No
Public Wi-Fi
Unavailable
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
Cycle and buggy facilities
There are no accessible cycle facilities but there is charging facilities
Help point bicycles
There is no help point close to the cycle parking
Bicycle Hire
Cycle Hire Information
There are no cycle hire facilities at this station
More Information
Transport Links
Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.
Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.