New Mobile Site
We have just launched a new mobile version of this site - m.trainspots. This page will use your smart device's GPS to loctate you and guide you to locations that are close to your present location.
Location notes
Situated on the East Coast Main Line 20 miles north of London Kings Cross
Railway type and traffic
A four track station seeing both inner and outer suburban (Great Northern) and express (Virgin East Coast) traffic but not a great deal of freight. This gets routed via the Hertford Loop.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Hatfield Station
This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
This link should be close to the location, but may not be the actual location so please check the page. This link will take you to what is happening 'around now'. Dates and times can be changed at the top of the page.
Environment
Hatfield is a small town, so I wouldn't suggest being highly visible with your equipment.
Road directions
From the A1(M) Junction 4 take the A414 signposted towards Hertford. Cross over the two roundabouts and the railway and at the next junction turn off and turn right (over the road you have just turned off). Follow this road along till you reach a set of traffic lights (Red Lion pub). Turn left and the station is on this road.
Click here to set up your location for directions to this location
Hatfield Station map co-ordinates
Click here to set up your location for directions to this location
Hatfield Station map co-ordinates
Parking
Station car park
Public transport
Govia Thameslink operate a frequent service to the station from London Kings Cross, Cambridge and Peterborough.
Click here to set up your location for directions to this location
Click here to set up your location for directions to this location
Amenities
There is a coffee shop on the platform.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
It might be necessary to adjust the time to suit your visit, this link should open with the current day.
Hatfield Station
Streetmap links
Hatfield Station general view map
Hatfield Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Hatfield Station
It might be necessary to adjust the time to suit your visit, this link should open with the current day.
Hatfield Station
Googly map
Hatfield Station general view map
Hatfield Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Hatfield Station
Who likes this location on facebook
Railway Gen Group
Photographic notes
Hatfield station is unusual in that it has three platforms, one southbound and an island serving two northbound tracks. The platforms are staggered so that the north end of the southbound platform is level with the south end of the northbound platform.
The view south from the bottom end of the southbound platform is of a right hand curve,
The view south from the bottom end of the southbound platform is of a right hand curve,
General views - All photographs © Marcus Dawson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - From the station over bridge
This shot is taken form the over bridge at the south end of the station, facing south. This bridge is not accessible from the station itself. It is a public walkway between the town and the housing opposite side of the railway.
Fig 2 - From the station over bridge 2
This view shows the reverse angle of the fig 1. This is the northbound view.
From the southbound platform
This view is from halfway along the southbound platform facing south. Here you can see a northbound express on the fast line, with the southbound fast and slow lines in the foreground.
Disclaimer
All information contained within this is site is © Trainspots. The images used on this site remain the property of the original photographer, as credited at the top of the page, and are used with their kind permission.
The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
