Services
First Capital Connect serves Royston on its Great Northern service inbound to London King's Cross and outbound to Cambridge. Trains are usually formed of Class 317, Class 321 or Class 365 electric multiple units.
Trains to London King's Cross are either slow or semi-fast, departing at approximately half hour intervals. Slow services call at all major stations to King's Cross (not inner suburban-only stations), taking 62 minutes to arrive in London at an average of 43.5 mph (70.0 km/h) Semi-fast services call at only Baldock, Letchworth, Hitchin, Stevenage and Finsbury Park. During early morning peak-time there are some fast services running non-stop or stopping only at Letchworth, reaching London in under 40 minutes.
Two trains per hour also operate towards Cambridge. Slow trains call at all stations and take 26 minutes to arrive at Cambridge, operating at an average of 30.1 mph (48.4 km/h). Fast trains run non-stop to Cambridge, taking 17 minutes at an average of 46.0 mph (74.0 km/h). Some Cambridge-bound services continue to Ely and King's Lynn.
From the completion of the Thameslink Programme in 2018 it is proposed that there will be a 2tph to Maidstone East service.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldock | First Capital Connect Great Northern semi-fast | Cambridge | ||
| Ashwell and Morden | First Capital Connect Great Northern stopping | Meldreth | ||
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