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Hitchin

CRS Code HIT
Collected date 04/09/04

Hitchin Station Sign

Hitchin is where the Great Northern line from Cambridge and King's Lynn joins up with the East Coast Main Line.

The entrance to the station building shows both an old "Booking Hall" sign and a modern sign in WAGN blue and purple:

Hitchin Station Entrance

Views of platform 2, up to London:

Hitchin Platform 2 Hitchin Platform 2, looking South

Like at Peterborough the old apparatus for moving post by rail is still visible although the Royal Mail now use road and air transport for this:

Hitchin Royal Mail

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