Letchworth Garden City railway station Letchworth Garden City railway station Letchworth Garden City station serves the town of Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England. The station is on the Cambridge Line north of London King's Cross, and is a stop for services between King's Cross and Cambridge. Trains which serve the station are operated by Great Northern. The first station known as "Letchworth Garden City" was opened in 1903, with a restricted service; it gained a full passenger service on 15 April 1905. On 18 May 1913, this station was replaced by a new station on a different site. The new station was built in 1912, in
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