St Margarets
St Margarets Location of St Margarets in Hertfordshire
Location	Stanstead St Margarets
Local authority	East Hertfordshire
Grid reference	TL381118
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Station code	SMT
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	B
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.366 million[2]
2019–20	0.365 million[2]
2020–21	89,100[2]
2021–22	0.232 million[2]
2022–23	0.268 million[2]
Key dates
1843	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°47′17″N 0°00′04″E / 51.788°N 0.001°E / 51.788; 0.001
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St Margarets railway station is on the Hertford East branch line off the West Anglia Main Line in the east of England, serving the villages of Stanstead St Margarets and Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire. It is 20 miles 25 chains (32.7 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Rye House and Ware. Its three-letter station code is SMT. It is in the civil parish of Great Amwell.

The station and all trains calling are operated by Greater Anglia.

St Margarets was previously the junction with the now closed Buntingford Branch Line to Buntingford.

There is a ticket office that is open at peak times as well as a self-service ticket machine. The Oyster card system was extended through to Hertford East and became operational at St Margaret's in 2015.^[3]

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is two trains per hour to London Liverpool Street via Tottenham Hale, and two trains per hour to Hertford East.

The typical peak service towards London is three trains per hour, two of which are for Liverpool Street via Seven Sisters and one is for Stratford via Tottenham Hale.

The typical service on a Sunday is two trains per hour to Stratford via Tottenham Hale.

Services are generally formed of Class 720 trains.

Oyster cards are accepted at the station.