St Albans (London Road) railway station

St Albans London Road
Location
Place	St Albans
Area	City and District of St Albans, Hertfordshire
Coordinates	51°44′42″N 0°19′40″W / 51.745078°N 0.327806°W / 51.745078; -0.327806Coordinates: 51°44′42″N 0°19′40″W / 51.745078°N 0.327806°W / 51.745078; -0.327806
Operations
Original company	Hatfield and St Albans Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Platforms	1
History
16 October 1865	Station opened[1]
1 October 1951	Station closed[1]
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St Albans London Road was one of three railway stations in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

History

A 1902 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of St Albans (London Road) (lower left, shown here as G.N.)

Railway stations in St Albans
Legend
Midland Main Line St Albans City St Albans Abbey St Albans London Road Park Street  Abbey Line Sanders Siding Salvation Army Halt Hertfordshire County Mental Hospital Hill End  Hatfield to St Albans Line  Midland Main Line

The station was opened by the Hatfield and St Albans Railway on 16 October 1865,^[1] and passenger services ceased on 1 October 1951.^[1]

The station building has been restored, and the trackbed now forms part of the Alban Way, a 6½-mile-long cycle track from St Albans to Hatfield.

References

Notes

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.