St Albans Abbey railway station

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Location
St Albans Abbey
Place	St Albans
Local authority	St Albans
Operations
Managed by	Silverlink
Platforms in use	1
Annual entry/exit 04/05	0.175 million **
History
Key dates	Opened 1858
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St Albans Abbey railway station serves the town of St Albans, in Hertfordshire, England, being situated about 1 km south of the town centre in the St Stephen's area of the town. It is the terminus of the St Albans Branch Line from Watford Junction, which is part of the Silverlink franchise. It is one of two stations in St Albans, the other being the much larger and busier St Albans City station.

The station consists of a single open-air platform and a car park. Tickets can be purchased on the train from the conductor.

1 History
- 1.1 Branch to Hatfield
2 Services
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

St Albans Abbey was the first railway station in St Albans, being built by the London and North Western Railway in 1858. It was, as it is now, the terminus of the line from Watford; the company's original plans to extend this line northwards to Luton and Dunstable never materialised. Although the Midland Railway opened their station (the present St Albans City station) in 1868, it was not until 1924 that "Abbey" was added to the station's title to avoid confusion (although by this stage, both stations were controlled by the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

[edit] Branch to Hatfield

In 1865, the Great Northern Railway opened a branch line between St Albans and Hatfield which also terminated at St Albans Abbey with an intermediate stop at St Albans (London Road), and later at Smallford (1866), Salvation Army Halt (1897, originally Sanders Siding), Hill End (1899), Nast Hyde Halt (1910) and Lemsford Road Halt (1942). This branch line closed in 1951 and the track was removed. In the mid 1980s, the route was opened as a cycle path, now known as The Alban Way. The remains of the branch can be seen to the left of the single platform when looking down the line in the direction of Watford Junction.

[edit] Services

Trains operate to Watford Junction every 45 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytimes, and every 60 minutes during weekday evenings and on Sundays. These services are all operated by Silverlink.