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.

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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
2018/19	0.102 million
2019/20	0.105 million
2020/21	30,564
2021/22	75,252
2022/23	87,794
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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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]

All services at Foxton are operated by Great Northern or Thameslink using Class 387 or Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[3]

• 1 tph to London King's Cross
• 1 tph to Cambridge

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to 2 tph in each direction.

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]

More information Preceding station, National Rail ...

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Shepreth		Great Northern Hitchin to Cambridge Line		Cambridge
	Disused railways
Shepreth		British Railways Hitchin to Cambridge Line		Harston

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