Station Layout
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The sidings at Welwyn Garden City consist of 6 bays, currently used for the twice-weekly reversal of empty gypsum wagons returning from Hitchin to Peak Forest along occasional Rail tamper units and departmental wagon storage.
The carriage sidings, just north of the station currently, consist of 9 sidings with the 8-car 317/365's able to use only 5 of the sidings because if they used the other sidings, they would block the siding next to it.
Platforms 2 & 3 are in regular use for services to/from London Kings Cross, Peterborough and Cambridge, also used for terminating trains for the carriage sidings and where trains from the carriage sidings form into passenger service.
Platform 4 is used for services to/from Moorgate, also used for terminating trains for the carriage sidings and where trains from the carriage sidings form into passenger service.
Platform 1 is the reserve platform and is in regular use although not as much as Platform 4.
The West exit off the passenger footbridge leads into the Howard centre where the main station ticket office is located on the first floor while the East exit leads to the Broadwater industrial area.
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