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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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St Albans (London Road) Railway Station

St Albans London Road was one of three railway stations in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

History

A 1902 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of St Albans (London Road) (lower left, shown here in orange as G.N.)
Railway stations in St Albans
Midland Main Line
to The North
St Albans City
St Albans Abbey
St Albans (London Road)
Park Street
Sanders Siding
Salvation Army Halt
Hertfordshire County
Mental Hospital
Hill End

The station was opened by the Hatfield and St Albans Railway on 16 October 1865, and passenger services ceased on 1 October 1951.

The station building has been restored, and the trackbed now forms part of the Alban Way, a six and a half-mile-long cycle track from St Albans to Hatfield.

The old station building has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since June 1994.

Station masters

  • James Barnes 1865 – 1883
  • J. D. Rhodes 1884 – 1888 (formerly station master at Essendine)
  • Mr Perkins 1888 – 1890 (formerly station master at Meldreth and Melbourn)
  • Jonas Ellingham 1899 – 1918 (murdered by his wife)
  • Ernest Wallis 1919 – 1920 (afterwards station master at Palmers Green)
  • C. John Whitehead 1920 – 1926
  • Campbell George Correll 1926- 1934
  • George Howlett 1935 – 1941 (also station master of St Albans City railway station)
  • T. Bond 1946 - 1949
  • Albert Shaw 1949 - 1951


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St Albans Abbey
Line closed; station open
  Great Northern Railway
Hatfield and St Albans Railway
  Salvation Army Halt
Line and station closed