Peterborough
Station Information
Peterborough is a staffed station served by CrossCountry, Grand Central, East Midlands Railway and 4 more. Allow 8 minutes to change trains here.
How reliable is this station?
Of the 10596 services that called at Peterborough over the last 30 days, 80.7% ran on time, 17.2% arrived more than 5 minutes late, and 2.2% were cancelled. Today has been broadly in line with that trend: 96% of 360 services so far are on time. The worst recent day was 27 Oct, when 100% of services were delayed. Live cancellations, platform changes, and short-notice delays update in the board above; the 30-day figures are updated nightly from National Rail Darwin data.
Which operators run through here?
Peterborough is served by LNER, Thameslink, East Midlands Railway, CrossCountry, Greater Anglia, Great Northern and Grand Central. LNER runs the bulk of weekday services (around ~undefined/day), with the long-distance operators — Thameslink, East Midlands Railway, CrossCountry, Greater Anglia and Great Northern — adding the cross-country and London links. Grand Central is an open-access operator that only stops here on certain routes; you can see their full calling patterns in the live board above. Tap any service on the board to view its full calling list, platform and delay history.
Where do trains from Peterborough go?
The most common direct destination from Peterborough is London Kings Cross (around 495+ trains per day), followed by Stevenage, Grantham, and Huntingdon. Direct services also run to 4 other destinations. The live board above shows every departure in the next hour; tap the chip to filter by destination or use the search above. 8 direct routes are published from this station, covering most major UK cities.
Current disruption affecting this station
There are no current disruption messages for Peterborough. If a problem develops during your journey, Railly surfaces the same station messages National Rail shows in its app — refresh the board to see updates.
Door-side information at Peterborough
Door-side predictions are available for every platform at Peterborough. We use OpenTrainTimes signalling data combined with manual observation; confidence levels range from 'verified' (live TD + manual check) to 'predicted' (signalling-only). Tap any service to see which side the doors will open for your coach.
Accessibility at Peterborough
Peterborough has full step-free access and is fully staffed throughout opening hours. A station wheelchair is available on request. A taxi rank is outside the main entrance and bus stops are within a short walk. National Rail's Passenger Assist service can book assistance on any train from this station — recommend booking at least 2 hours before travel.
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Popular journeys from Peterborough
Facilities
Ticket office hours
Mon–Fri 06:00–20:00
Sat 06:00–20:00
Sun 08:00–20:00
Information desk hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 03:15–01:00
Sun
Connections
Accessibility
Step-free and accessible travel
This station has step free access to all platforms.
This station is a category A station according to the Office of Rail and Road station classification system https://www.orr.gov.uk/media/10955.
Steps and lifts are available for access to all 7 platforms. Ticket Office and Car Park are step free.
Peterborough has a RNIB Map for All located outside the main entrance to the right of the doors.
Staff can deploy station ramps at all times when trains are operating through this station to help customers who need step-free access board any train at this station. Where in circumstances beyond our control station staff are not available, on train staff can deploy the on board ramp if necessary.