Stevenage railway station

Stevenage railway station serves the town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The station is 27mi north of London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line. Stevenage is managed and served by Great Northern. It is also served by Hull Trains and Virgin Trains East Coast.The present station was opened on 26 July 1973 by Shirley Williams, then MP for Stevenage, replacing the previous station, which was 73chain to the north, and further away from the centre of the new town. The station was built by British Rail.HistoryThe original Stevenage railway station was built in 1850 by the Great Northern Railway, despite the apparent hostility towards the railway being built there at that time due to the inevitable decline it would cause to local coach businesses, which all ended shortly after the station was opened. In 1946, Stevenage was one of the first communities selected to become a 'New Town' as part of the governments New Towns Act, which resulted in a new town centre. In 1973, the railway station was relocated 73chain south, within walking distance (220yd) of the new town centre.FacilitiesThe station has two separate ticket offices, but in practice, each sell each other's tickets. There are also seven ticket machines. There are toilets at street level and lifts from the station building to both platforms.