Stevenage roads and travel news
Stevenage roads and travel news, newest first: closures, roadworks, rail changes, buses and parking, from the authorities' own notices.
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Peartree Way and Shephall Green School Parking Ban Proposed
No waiting at school run times is proposed by Peartree Way Nursery and Greenside School after reports of dangerous parking. Objections close 13 November.
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Transport
Herts Trackless Tram Plan: Have Your Say by 4 December
Hertfordshire's HERT trackless tram route from Hemel to Harlow is out for consultation to 4 December. Stevenage is not on it; Hatfield and Hertford hubs link.
Roads
£1m Herts Pothole Repairs Start Before Winter Frosts
Hertfordshire County Council is spending £1m fixing cracks and worn road surfaces before frost turns them into potholes, with repairs over the coming months.
Parking
Stevenage Parking Changes Now Live: Old Town and Centre
Since 19 October the Old Town High Street has two-hour bays, Ditchmore Lane charges after two hours and town centre bays take no paper tickets. Prices and permits.
Old Town
Stevenage Charter Fair: 2026 over, 2027 likely 22-23 Sept
Stevenage Charter Fair 2026 ran Tue 22 and Wed 23 Sept from 3pm. The Old Town fair should return Wed 22 and Thu 23 Sept 2027. Roads, times and history.
Roads
A1(M) at Stevenage: 40mph all day for five months
National Highways plans a 24-hour 40 or 50mph limit between junctions 7 and 8 from 30 September, with hard shoulder running, for about five months.
Council
Stevenage parking: paper tickets to go, new Eastgate bays
Paper tickets would go from Stevenage's town centre on-street bays, replaced by pay-by-plate machines. Prices stay the same. Objections close 18 September.
Travel
No Stevenage trains on Sunday 30 August, and buses instead
No Great Northern or Thameslink trains through Stevenage all day on Sunday 30 August. The replacement buses, the hours either side, and why the line is shut.
Trains
Stevenage Christmas Trains 2026: Nothing on the 25th or 26th
No trains from Stevenage on Christmas Day, and Thameslink ran none on Boxing Day last year either. Day by day, 24 December to 4 January, and what is to come.