How Wood (Hertfordshire) railway station

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Not to be confused with Howwood (Renfrewshire) railway station.

How Wood

Location

Place

How Wood

Local authority

St. Albans

Operations

Station code

HWW

Managed by

London Midland

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

29,392

2005/06 *

32,657

History

Key dates

Opened 22 October 1988

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

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How Wood is a railway station in the village of How Wood, Hertfordshire, England.

It is the fourth station on the St Albans Branch Line 7 km (4½ miles) after leaving Watford Junction. Like all the other stations on the branch (except Watford Junction), How Wood is a simple unstaffed halt. It was opened in October 1988 to coincide with the overhead electrification of the line.

1 Service
2 Future
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Service

Currently there is a service every 45 minutes in either direction Monday to Saturday, with hourly service on Sundays. The railway takes 16 minutes to travel between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey railway station.

[edit] Future

In November 2007 responsibility for the branch line, including How Wood, passed from Silverlink trains to Govia London Midland trains. Installation of Oyster Card readers on the stations along the branch is a possibility, although there are other ticketing options too.

Restoration of the old passing loop at Bricket Wood is being considered by the local authorities and Network Rail; if implemented, this would facilitate trains running every 30 minutes, instead of the current 45-minute service.