Welwyn Garden City

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

Welwyn Garden City 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

15

Accessible Ticket Machines

Yes

Accessible Booking Office Counter

Yes

Customer Help Points

Welwyn Garden City Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0:

Assistance Meeting Point


Outside the ticket office. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates, ticket office or platform.

Height Adjusted Ticket Office Counter

There is no Low-Level counter here

Impaired Mobility Set Down

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

Lift Details

Lift, Footbridge to Platforms 3 & 4
Operational Announcements : There are audio announcements provided inside this lift only
Lift Controls : Lift controls should be accessible to most people
Manoeuvrability : The lift has a 1.5 metre turning circle inside
Opening Width : Lift has clear door widths 1.1m wide

Lift, Footbridge to Platforms 1 & 2
Operational Announcements : There are audio announcements provided outside and inside this lift
Lift Controls : Lift controls should be accessible to most people
Manoeuvrability : The lift requires wheelchair users to reverse in or out
Opening Width : Lift has clear door widths at least 0.8m wide

Lifts

There are lifts

National Key Toilets

Yes

Passenger Assistance

Welwyn Garden City Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0
Location :

Assistance Meeting Point


Outside the ticket office. 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

A, Compliant step-free access to all platform(s)

This is a Category A station: This station has step-free access to all platforms. 

The Assistance Meeting Point is outside the ticket office.

Step Free Category

A, Compliant step-free access to all platform(s)

Ticket Barriers

Yes

Wheelchairs Available

Yes

This station does not offer

Accessible Public Telephones, Accessible Taxis, Escalator Information, Induction Loop, Nearest Accessible Stations

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.

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 Office

Yes

This station does not offer

London Fare Zone, Oyster, Ticket Machine Accessibility, 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 - Accessible parking

Name : Accessible parking
Accessible Spaces : 15

Accessible Location : The Howard Centre Car Park
Parking : There is/are 15 accessible bay(s) available at this car parking location
Location : There is accessible parking in a car park
Duration : This parking does not advise length of stay permitted
EV Accessible : There are No EV Charging points available in the accessible bays
EV Standard : There are no EV charging points in standard parking bays
Ramp : Ramps can be deployed from the rear and side of a vehicle
Help Point : There is no Help Point close to the accessible parking

Cycle Storage Availability

No

Drop Off Pick Up

Drop-off Points
Point 1: Drop off and pick up point on Fietherre Road
Same Side As Station: The drop-off and/or pick-up point is on the same side of the road as the station
Waiting Area: This is a combined drop-off and pick-up point
Facility Type:
Car Capacity: There is space for 1 vehicle at a time to drop-off and/or pick-up
Ramp Deployable:
Help Point: There is no Help Point close to the drop-off and/or pick-up point

Rail Replacement Maps

Rail Replacement Bus Map - Welwyn Garden City - https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/3fxenReDWKTpyvCBmNuVid/5466270f20d269530ad85b0e0888fc3c/2025-01_CI_GN_RRB_WGC_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, Cycle Storage Cctv, Cycle Storage Location, Cycle Storage Sheltered, Cycle Storage Spaces, Cycle Storage Type, Parking Spaces, Port, Taxi Rank

Announcements

Announcements are made both visually and audibly

Help Points

Help Points are only available in limited locations

The Assistance Meeting Point is outside the ticket office.


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

Full time

This station does not offer

Customer Service, Left Luggage

Atm Machine

Yes

CCTV

Yes

Information Points

There are information points

Information Services

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
24 Hours

Printed Local Information

There is accessible printed information available

Refreshment Facilities

Yes

Toilets

Located on the platforms.

Waiting Room

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

This station does not offer

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

Departures and arrivals from Welwyn Garden City

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