Apsley railway station

Apsley
Location	Apsley, Borough of Dacorum England
Grid reference	TL062048
Managed by	London Northwestern Railway
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	APS
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	26 September 1938
Passengers
2016/17	0.634 million
2017/18	0.632 million
2018/19	0.667 million
2019/20	0.659 million
2020/21	0.118 million
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Platform view (1991)

Apsley railway station is in Apsley, on the southern outskirts of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. One of two railway stations now serving the town, the other is Hemel Hempstead just up the line in Boxmoor.

The station is 23 miles (37 km) north west of London Euston on the West Coast Main Line. Apsley is managed and train services are operated by London Northwestern Railway.

History[]

The station was designed by the architect William Henry Hamlyn^[1] and opened on 26 September 1938, to serve the paper producing area of Apsley Mill and Nash Mill, it was operated initially by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services[]

Monday to Saturday a half-hourly service to London Euston southbound and Tring (Saturdays Milton Keynes Central) northbound. Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. A number of night and rush hour services are extended to and from Birmingham New Street and Coventry. There is also one train to and from Crewe on weekdays.^[2]

Notes[]

References[]

• 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. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links[]

• Train times and station information for Apsley railway station from National Rail
• Station on navigable O.S. map.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hemel Hempstead		London Northwestern Railway West Coast Main Line		Kings Langley

Coordinates: 51°43′59″N 0°27′47″W / 51.733°N 0.463°W / 51.733; -0.463

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