St Albans (London Road) railway station

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St Albans London Road
St Albans (London Rd) Railway Station.jpg
LocationSt Albans, City and District of St Albans, Hertfordshire
England
Coordinates51°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
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyHatfield and St Albans Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
16 October 1865Station opened[1]
1 October 1951Station closed[1]

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.)
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Railway stations in St Albans
Legend
Midland Main Line
to The North
 St Albans City
St Albans Abbey
St Albans (London Road)
Park Street
Sanders Siding
Abbey line
to Watford Junction
 Salvation Army Halt
Hertfordshire County
Mental Hospital
 Hill End
Hatfield to St Albans Line
Midland Main Line
to London St Pancras

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 six and a half-mile-long cycle track from St Albans to Hatfield.

Station masters[]

  • James Barnes 1865 – 1883[2]
  • J. D. Rhodes 1884[3] – 1888 (formerly station master at Essendine)
  • Mr Perkins 1888 – 1890 (formerly station master at Meldreth and Melbourn)
  • Jonas Ellingham 1899 – 1918 (murdered by his wife)[4]
  • Ernest Wallis 1919 – 1920[5] (afterwards station master at Palmers Green)
  • C. John Whitehead 1920 – 1926
  • Campbell George Correll 1926- 1934
  • George Howlett 1935 – 1941 (also station master of St Albans City railway station)
  • T. Bond 1946 - 1949
  • Albert Shaw 1949 - 1951


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[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 202
  2. ^ "Mr Barnes". Herts Advertiser. England. 1 September 1883. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Gratifying Presentation". Herts Advertiser. England. 15 March 1884. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Murdered Station Master". Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser. England. 27 November 1918. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Promotion of Mr. E. Wallis". Biggleswade Chronicle. England. 16 May 1930. Retrieved 4 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.


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