Apsley railway station

Apsley railway station is in Apsley, on the southern outskirts of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.

The station is 37 km (23 mi) north west of London Euston on the West Coast Main Line. Apsley is managed and train services are operated by London Midland.

History

Opened on 26 September 1938, to serve the paper producing area of Apsley Mill and Nash Mill, it was operated initially by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

Monday to Saturday a half-hourly service to London Euston southbound and Tring (Saturdays Milton Keynes Central) northbound. Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly in each direction. There are sometimes a hourly service which goes to Birmingham New Street or Crewe.

External links

• Train times and station information for Apsley railway station from National Rail
• Station on navigable O.S. map.

References

• 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. p. 17. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.