Welham Green

Address

Welham Green station
Travellers Lane
Welham Green
AL9 7HF

Ticket office

Monday to Friday: 6:15 AM to 9:15 AM

General information

Station Operator:
GN
Station Code:
WMG
Staffing Level:
partTime
CCTV:
Yes

Ticket buying & collection

Oyster Pre Pay:
No
Oyster Validator:
No
Smartcard Issued:
Yes
Smartcard Validaton:
Yes
Oyster Comments:
<p>Oyster cannot be used at this station.</p>
Oyster Topup:
No
Prepurchase Collection:
Yes
Smartcard Topup:
No
Ticket Machine:
Yes
Penalty Fares:
Applicable Operators: Thameslink

Passenger services

Lost Property Contact Available:
No
Website:
Go to website
Ticket Gate:
No
Customer Help Points:
Yes

Station facilities

ATM Machine:
No
Baby Change:
No
Seated Area:
Yes
Passenger Information Systems:
DepartureScreens, Announcements
Shops:
No
Station Buffet:
No
Telephones (Cards & Coins):
No
Toilets:
No
Waiting Room:
Yes
Waiting Room Note:

Unheated waiting shelters are available on the platforms.

Car parking

Car parking:
Yes

Station Car Park

Operator:
<a href="https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/car-parking">APCOA Parking UK</a>
Spaces:
35
Annual Charge:
£542.10
Daily Charge:
£3.90
Monthly Charge:
£61.10
Three Monthly Charge:
£182.60
Weekly Charge:
£15.30
Car Parking Contact Available:
No
Website:
Go to website

Cycling

Cycle Storage Availability:
Yes
Sheltered:
Yes
Spaces:
10
Type:
Stands
Location:

Next to booking office

Cycle Storage CCTV:
Yes

Other transport

Location for rail replacement services:

Rail replacement bus stop locations are shown in the 'Getting to and from the station' section under 'onward travel'.

Taxi Rank:
Yes
Taxi Rank Note:

NO

Bus Service:
Yes
Bus Service Note:

Information to plan your onward journey is available in a printable format can be found here

Accessibility

Accessible Public Telephones:
No
Accessible Toilets:
No
Induction Loop:
Yes
Wheelchairs Available:
No
Ramp For Train Access:
No
Step Free Access:
No
Step Free Access Note:

This is a Category B3 station: Step-free access to platform 2 (to Welwyn Garden City) via short ramp from car park, though due to narrow platform (less than 2.0m), ramp cannot be used. Steps to platform 1 (to London).

Assistance Meeting Point is the shelter on platform 1 - not fully accessible.

This station does not have tactile surfaces along all platform edges. Please pay attention to where the platform surface changes from smooth to paved or contact us for assistance.

Accessible Taxis:
No
Accessible Ticket Machines:
Yes
Accessible Ticket Machines Note:

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 so please check the station access note for further details

Impaired Mobility Set Down:
No
Impaired Mobility Set Down Note:

Located in the car park

Staff Help Available:
Yes
Staff Help Available Opening Times:
Monday to Friday 6:15 AM to 9:15 AM
Staff Help Available Note:

A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station. Station staff are usually available at the times listed.

Our Mobile Assistance Team is available to help you to complete your journey from this station if it is unstaffed.

If you have not booked assistance and require help boarding at this station, then on arrival please contact this team by either:

  • pressing the 'emergency & assisted travel' Help Point button
  • calling us on the freephone number 0808 168 1238
  • texting us on 07970 511077

We will then arrange for our Mobile Assistance Team to reach you in good time before your train is scheduled to depart.

Whether you pre-book your assistance or prefer more flexibility, we recommend arriving 20 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart.

Assisted Travel:

See below for times when this station is staffed.

Assistance can be pre booked up to two hours before departure by contacting Assisted Travel.

If you choose to travel unbooked (turn up and go), when the station is staffed, our station staff can provide assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Please contact a member of staff on arrival.

Trains calling at this station do not have on board staff. You can arrange assistance on arrival by:

  • Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point
  • Calling our freephone number: 0800 138 1016
  • Texting us on 07970 511077

Whether you pre book assistance or travel on a 'turn up and go' basis, 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.

The information in this document was generated 6/10/2023 2:09:30 PM