Potters Bar

Potters Bar station, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
EN6 1AJ

Potters Bar at a glance

  • Ticket Office
  • Ticket Machine
  • Prepurchase Collection
  • Car Park
  • Step Free Access
  • Toilets
  • WiFi
  • Bus Services
  • Cycle Storage Sheltered

Station details

Accessibility Information

There is information about accessibility

Accessible Parking

10

Accessible Ticket Machines

Yes

Customer Help Points

Potters Bar Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0:

Meeting Point for assistance


The subway near main entrance. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates, ticket office or platform.

Height Adjusted Ticket Office Counter

There is a Low-Level counter here

National Key Toilets

Yes

Passenger Assistance

Potters Bar Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0
Location :

Meeting Point for assistance


The subway near main entrance. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates, ticket office or platform.

Ramp For Train Access

Ramps are kept at this station to provide assistance

A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station.

Staff Help Available

Yes

Step Free Access

B2, (refer to quick reference guide)

This is a Category B2 station: Step-free access to all platforms via long, steep ramps (over 1:10 gradient).

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the subway, near the main entrance.

Step Free Category

B2, (refer to quick reference guide)

Ticket Barriers

Yes

This station does not offer

Accessible Public Telephones, Accessible Taxis, Accessible Booking Office Counter, Escalator Information, Impaired Mobility Set Down, Induction Loop, Lifts, Nearest Accessible Stations, Wheelchairs Available

Contactless

Always check pay as you go with contactless is accepted at your destination before you tap in. For more information visit greatnorthernrail.com/contactless.

Oyster

Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station. Always check Oyster is accepted at your destination before you tap in.


Top-up at Ticket Machine

Penalty Fares

Applicable Operators: Thameslink, Great Northern

Prepurchase Collection

Collect from Ticket Machine

Smartcards

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


Validators Available

Ticket Machine

Yes

Ticket Machine Accessibility

Ticket hall east
Manoeuvring Space : There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair
Wheelchair Height : The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users

Ticket buying and collection, subway entrance
Manoeuvring Space : There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair
Wheelchair Height : The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users

Ticket Office

Yes

This station does not offer

London Fare Zone, Travel Centre

Bus Services

Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.

Car Park - Station Car Park

Name : Station Car Park
Spaces : 273
CCTV : Yes
Free Parking : No
Operator : APCOA Parking UK
Telephone : 01895 262122

Cycle Storage Cctv

Yes

Cycle Storage Location

Located by the station entrance and car park.

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

Cycle Storage Sheltered

Yes

Cycle Storage Spaces

84 spaces

Cycle Storage Type

Stands

Cycle Storage Availability

Yes

Parking Spaces

273

Rail Replacement Maps

Rail Replacement Bus Map - Potters Bar - https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/XKTvTgqqkhVteYyVzsWFt/67adc9ae9d6b0d447db2d0a9553c90ae/2025-01_CI_GN_RRB_PBR_DR.pdf

Rail Replacement Services

Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.

This station does not offer

Airport, Car Hire, Cycle Hire, Port, Taxi Rank

Announcements

Announcements are made both visually and audibly

Help Points

There are Help Points

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the subway, near the main entrance.


All Help Points have induction loops

Helpline

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.

Information Available

Yes - from help point

Lost Property

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.

Staffing Level

Part time

This station does not offer

Customer Service, Left Luggage

Atm Machine

Yes

Baby Change

Yes

CCTV

Yes

Information Points

There are information points

Printed Local Information

There is accessible printed information available

Shops

Yes

Refreshment Facilities

Yes

Toilets

Located on platform 1.

Waiting Room

Heated waiting rooms are available on platforms 1 and 4.

This station does not offer

Bureau De Change, Defibrillator, First Class Lounge, Limited Service, Pay Phones, Post Box, Request Stop, Trolleys, WiFi

Departures and arrivals from Potters Bar

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