Potters Bar railway station
Potters Bar 
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Looking down Darkes Lane. The railway station is on the left of the picture
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| Location | |
| Place | Potters Bar |
| Local authority | Borough of Hertsmere |
| Coordinates | 51°41′49″N 0°11′38″W / 51.697°N 0.194°WCoordinates: 51°41′49″N 0°11′38″W / 51.697°N 0.194°W |
| Grid reference | TL249014 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PBR |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.646 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.726 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.782 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.852 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.946 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 7 August 1850 |
| Original company | Great Northern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 7 August 1850 | Opened as Potter's Bar |
| 1 May 1923 | Renamed Potter's Bar and South Mimms |
| 3 May 1971 | Renamed Potter's Bar |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Potters Bar from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Potters Bar railway station serves the town of Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, England. It is located on the Great Northern Route between London Kings Cross and Hatfield on the East Coast Main Line. Potters Bar station is the highest on the East Coast Main Line between (London King's Cross) and York.
The first section of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) - that from Louth to a junction with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Grimsby - opened on 1 March 1848, but the southern section of the main line, between Maiden Lane and Peterborough, was not opened until August 1850. Potter's Bar was one of the original stations, opening with the line on 7 August 1850.
On 1 May 1923, the station was renamed Potter's Bar and South Mimms; on 3 May 1971 it reverted to its original name of Potter's Bar.
The current station building, in a "post modern" style, is the third on this site. It replaced a 1955 structure designed by J Wyatt of the Eastern Region Architect's Department (Chief Architect H Powell). Pevsner described the 1955 station as "The first of the Eastern Region's good modern stations, the style much lighter in touch than in the stations of the 1960s (cf Broxbourne). Neat brick clerestory-lit booking hall".
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