At a glance
Station Message
The lifts are out of order at Royston station.
This affects step free access between platforms. Step free access is available via the entrances to both platforms and Kneesworth Road. Please speak to station staff for further assistance.
Station details
- Bicycle parking
- Yes
- Storage Sheltered
- Yes
- Storage Location
Located by the entrance to platform 1 and in the car park.
Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.
- Storage Spaces
- 178
- Storage CCTV
- Yes
- PlusBike (Cycle hire)
- No
- Car Park
- Yes
- Free of Charge
- No
- CCTV Coverage
- Yes
- Car Park Operator
- APCOA Parking UK
- Address
- No
- Phone Number
- Primary telephone number: 01895 262122
- Web Address
- Note
- No
- Opening Hours
- Monday to Sunday - 24 hours
- Number of Spaces
- 517
- Taxis
- Located outside the front of the main entrance.
- Accessible Taxis
- No
- Impaired Mobility set down and pick up points available
- Located at the front of the station
- Airport
- No
- Ticket Office
- Monday to Friday - 06:00 to 20:00 Saturday - 07:00 to 20:00 Sunday - 09:15 to 17:30
- Height Adjusted ticket office counter
- No
- Induction Loop
- Yes
- Ticket Machines
- Yes
- Accessible Ticket Machines
All Great Northern ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts.
Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.
- Collection of Pre-Purchased tickets
- Yes
- Penalty Fares
- Applicable Operators: Great Northern, Thameslink
- Smart cards issued
- Yes
- Smart cards validated
- Yes
- Get Oyster cards here
- No
- Use Oyster pay as you go
- No
- Top up Oyster cards
- No
- Staff help available opening times
- Yes
- Passenger Information Systems available
- DepartureScreens Announcements
- Customer Help Points
- The Assistance Meeting Point is by the taxi bay, at the front of the station.
- Customer Services
- No
- Location for rail replacement services
- Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.
- Left Luggage
- No
- Lost Luggage
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.
- Ticket Gates
- Yes
- CCTV
- Yes
- ATM Machine
- No
- Bureau de Change
- No
- First Class Lounge
- No
- Internet Kiosk Available
- No
- Pay Phone
- Yes
- Accessible Public telephones
- No
- Post Box
- No
- Public Wi-Fi
- There is no WIFI at this station. However, WIFI is available onboard trains which serve this station. More information about onboard WIFI can be found on the Great Northern website.
- Shops
- Yes
- Toilets
- Located on platform 1.
- Baby Changing facilities
- No
- National Key toilets
- Accessible toilets at this station are accessed using a RADAR key.
- Showers
- No
- Trolleys
- No
- Tourist information office
- No
- Waiting Rooms
- Heated waiting rooms are available on both platforms.
- Seating
- Yes
- Staff help available opening times
- Yes
- Helpline Number
For help with planning your journey, or to book assistance, please contact our assisted travel helpline on:
- Phone - 0800 058 2844
- Textphone - 0800 138 1018
- Helplines Opening times
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:
- Ramp for train Access
- A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station.
- Step Free Access
This is a Category A station: This station has step-free access to all platforms.
The Assistance Meeting Point is by the taxi bay, at the front of the station.
- Wheelchairs Available
- Yes