Park Street railway station

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Park Street

Location

Place

Park Street

Local authority

St Albans

Coordinates

51°43′30″N 0°20′25″W / 51.7249, -0.3402Coordinates: 51°43′30″N 0°20′25″W / 51.7249, -0.3402

Operations

Station code

PKT

Managed by

London Midland

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

27,890

2005/06 *

30,144

History

1858

Opened

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

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Park Street railway station serves the village of Park Street in Hertfordshire, England. It is the penultimate station on the St Albans Branch Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by London Midland.

1 History
2 Services
3 Future
4 References
- 4.1 Notes
- 4.2 Sources

[edit] History

The station opened in 1858, when the London and North Western Railway built their branch line from Watford Junction to St Albans. However, it was not an immediate success, and was closed from 1859 until 1861. It had been relocated to its present position by the 1890s. For many years it was named "Park Street and Frogmore".

It is now a simple unstaffed halt, like all the other stations on the line.

[edit] Services

Park Street is served by London Mildand services between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey. On Mondays to Saturdays, there are trains in each direction every 45 minutes during the day, and every 60 minutes during the evening. On Sundays, there is an hourly service all day.

[edit] Future

In November 2007 responsibility for the branch line, including Bricket Wood, will 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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
How Wood		London Midland St Albans Branch Line		St Albans Abbey

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

[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.

Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.