Certain East Coast main line services between London, Doncaster and York or Hull stopped here to provide onward connections for through passengers and offer direct trains to the capital.

[3] Once electrification began, stops by longer-distance trains were gradually removed and had ceased by the time British Rail was privatised in 1995, as can be seen from the East Coast Main Line timetable of that era.

The guard noticed smoke seeping between the edge of the carpet and the coach side, and diagnosed a hot axle box.

When a small flame appeared a male passenger decided it was high time to pull the emergency cord.

[4] The cause of the fire was thought to be a hot ember in a hole in the coach floor, and the locomotive's firebar was missing.

However, as with the Penmanshiel Tunnel fire two years previously, the circumstances were the same: the cellulose lacquer covering the corridor walls was found to be highly flammable with a very fast flame spread.

The combined newsagent and buffet on the London-bound platform closed in August 2017, and new tenants are being sought.

These services run non-stop between Stevenage and London King's Cross and are operated by Great Northern using Class 387 EMUs.

A bus concourse was adjacent to the station and was served by Stagecoach East Busway B, Whippet X3 / 45, and Dews Coaches 400 / 401.

After the construction of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement and A1307 the bus concourse was removed and replaced by a widend shared foot and cycle path.