Foxton railway station

Foxton railway station serves the village of Foxton in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 50 miles 77 chains (50.96 miles, 82.02 km) from London King's Cross.^[1] The station is operated by Great Northern.

Foxton
Platform 1, for London Kings Cross
General information
Location	Foxton, South Cambridgeshire England
Grid reference	TL409487
Managed by	Great Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FXN
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
1 April 1852	Station opened
Passengers
2019/20	0.105 million
2020/21	30,564
2021/22	75,252
2022/23	87,794
2023/24	94,124
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It is located adjacent to the busy A10 level crossing, which is monitored from the nearby signal box. A freight-only branch (the Barrington Light Railway) diverges to the west beyond the crossing south of the station, serving the nearby Barrington cement works & quarry.^[2]

Services

All services at Foxton are operated by Great Northern using Class 387 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Cambridge and London King's Cross. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.^[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Shepreth		Great Northern Cambridge Line		Cambridge
	Disused railways
Shepreth		British Rail Eastern Region Cambridge Line		Harston

Developments

Platform 2 (for trains to Cambridge) was extended in Summer 2017 to allow 8-car trains to call without straddling the level crossing behind.^[4] Platform 1 was not lengthened, as it is located before the crossing and 8-car trains use Selective door operation to open the doors on the front four carriages only.^[5]