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Welwyn Garden City (WGC)

Welwyn Garden City station, inside The Howard Centre shopping m, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6HA

Live trains

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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

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.

Height adjusted ticket office counter

Yes

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 From Staff

  • Yes - from help point

Customer Information

  • Departure Screens
  • Live journey information

Information Services Opening Times

  • Information Services Opening Times Monday to Sunday: Yes

Staff Help Available

  • Staff Help Available Monday to Sunday: Yes

Customer Help Points

Yes

The Assistance Meeting Point is outside the ticket office.

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

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.

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

Height adjusted ticket office counter

Yes

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 between the first and last trains of the day.

Alternatively, you can also 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

Accessible Toilets

Yes

Toilets may only be available during staffed hours at some locations.

Waiting rooms

Yes

Heated waiting areas are available on all platforms, fully accessible.

Seating area

Yes

Wheelchairs available

No

Getting to and from the station

Accessible taxis here

No

Impaired mobility set down/pick-up point

No

There are pick up and drop off points outside the Howard Centre

Staff Help

Staff help available
  • Staff help available Monday to Sunday: Yes
Customer Help Points and Meeting Point

Yes

The Assistance Meeting Point is outside the ticket office.

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

Located on the platforms.

Accessible Toilets

Yes

Toilets may only be available during staffed hours at some locations.

Baby Changing

No

Waiting Rooms

Yes

Heated waiting areas are available on all platforms, fully accessible.

Seating Area

Yes

ATM

Yes

ATM located In shopping Centre

Refreshment Facilities

Yes

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.

There are no cycle storage facilities available at this station

Bicycle Hire

Cycle Hire Information

There are no cycle hire facilities at this station

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