St Albans (London Road) railway station

St Albans London Road
Location
Place	St Albans
Area	City and District of St Albans, Hertfordshire
Coordinates	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 October 1951	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

St Albans London Road was one of several 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.)

Railways around 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, and passenger services ceased on 1 October 1951.

The station building has been retained and restored and it now forms part of the Alban Way, a 6½ mile long cycletrack running from St Albans to Hatfield.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
St Albans Abbey Line closed; station open		Great Northern Railway Hatfield and St Albans Railway		Salvation Army Halt Line and station closed

References

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.