Harpenden railway station

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Harpenden

Exterior of main station building at Harpenden, with the modern covered footbridge behind.

Location

Place

Harpenden

Local authority

St. Albans

Operations

Station code

HPD

Managed by

First Capital Connect

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

2.534 million

2005/06 *

2.612 million

History

Key dates

Opened 1868

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Harpenden from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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A Class 319 train at Harpenden, operated by First Capital Connect but in the livery of Southern.

Harpenden railway station serves the town of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated on the Midland Main Line. The station is managed by First Capital Connect, and is served by the Thameslink line service.

The station has a PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together for a cheaper price.

1 History
2 Services
- 2.1 2006/07 Services
- 2.2 November 2007
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] History

The second station in Harpenden, it was built by the Midland Railway in 1868 on its extension to St. Pancras. However nothing remains of the original station buildings. Although located on Station Road, the road is actually named after the first station, Harpenden East, now closed.

A branch line, built by the Hemel Hempstead Railway Company in 1877, known as the Nicky Line but operated by the Midland, formerly diverged from the main line near the station. The intention had been to meet the LNWR at Boxmoor but the section from Hemel Hempstead was never built. In 1886 a south curve was added to the junction allowing passengers to join the London trains at Harpenden rather than Luton. The branch was closed in 1964. The route remains in use as a cycleway, albeit severed where the route crosses the M1.

[edit] Services

[edit] 2006/07 Services

The typical off-peak service pattern sees six trains per hour in each direction operated by First Capital Connect. Four of these are fast trains between Bedford and Brighton, via Kings Cross Thameslink station in central London and Gatwick Airport. The remaining two trains call at all stations between Luton and Sutton (in South London).

Midland Mainline operated InterCity services from Leeds, Sheffield and Leicester through through the station, but do not stop. Interchange with InterCity services can be made at Luton and St Pancras International.

[edit] November 2007

First Capital Connect operate trains on the Thameslink route between Bedford, Luton, Sutton and Brighton.

East Midlands Trains operate trains on the Midland Main Line route from St Pancras International to/from Leeds, Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham and Leicester through the station, but do not stop.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
St Albans		First Capital Connect Thameslink		Luton Airport Parkway

[edit] 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.