St Albans (London Road) railway station

Former railway station in England

St Albans London Road

General information
Location| St Albans, City and District of St Albans, Hertfordshire
England
Coordinates| 51°44′42″N 0°19′40″W﻿ / ﻿51.745078°N 0.327806°W﻿ / 51.745078; -0.327806
Platforms| 1
Other information
Status| Disused
History
Original company| Hatfield and St Albans Railway
Pre-grouping| Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping| LNER
Key dates
16 October 1865| Station opened[1]
1 October 1951| Station closed[1]

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

## History

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Railway stations in St Albans

Legend

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| Midland Main Line

to The North

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|  | St Albans City
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|  | St Albans Abbey
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|  | St Albans (London Road)
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|  | Park Street
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Sanders Siding

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| Abbey line

to Watford Junction

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|  | Salvation Army Halt
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| Hertfordshire County

Mental Hospital

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|  | Hill End
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Hatfield to St Albans Line

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| Midland Main Line

to London St Pancras

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

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.[2]

## Station masters

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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.)

* James Barnes 1865 – 1883[3]
* J. D. Rhodes 1884[4] – 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)[5]
* Ernest Wallis 1919 – 1920[6] (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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2020)

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Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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St Albans Abbey
Line closed; station open |  | Great Northern Railway
Hatfield and St Albans Railway |  | Salvation Army Halt
Line and station closed

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ a b c d Butt (1995), page 202
2. ^ Historic England. "Old Station House (1103011)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
3. ^ "Mr Barnes". Herts Advertiser. England. 1 September 1883. Retrieved 4 March 2020 - via British Newspaper Archive.
4. ^ "Gratifying Presentation". Herts Advertiser. England. 15 March 1884. Retrieved 4 March 2020 - via British Newspaper Archive.
5. ^ "Murdered Station Master". Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser. England. 27 November 1918. Retrieved 4 March 2020 - via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ "Promotion of Mr. E. Wallis". Biggleswade Chronicle. England. 16 May 1930. Retrieved 4 March 2020 - via British Newspaper Archive.

### Sources

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* Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
* Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

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Closed railway stations in Hertfordshire

St Albans–Hatfield|

* St Albans (London Road)
* Salvation Army Halt
* Hill End
* Smallford
* Nast Hyde Halt
* Lemsford Road Halt

Harpenden–Welwyn Garden City|

* Harpenden East
* Wheathampstead
* Ayot
* Welwyn Garden City Halt

Ware, Hadham and Buntingford Railway|

* Mardock
* Widford
* Hadham
* Standon
* Braughing
* West Mill
* Buntingford

Nickey line|

* Roundwood Halt
* Redbourn
* Beaumont's Halt
* Godwin's Halt
* Hemel Hempsted (Midland)
* Heath Park Halt

Welwyn Garden City–Hertford|

* Welwyn Junction
* Attimore Hall Halt
* Hatfield Hyde Halt
* Cole Green
* Hertingfordbury
* Hertford Cowbridge

Croxley Green branch|

* Watford Stadium
* Watford West
* Croxley Green

Bishop's Stortford–Braintree branch|

* Hockerill Halt

London and Birmingham Railway|

* Watford railway station (1837-1858)

Other stations|

* Marston Gate
* Napsbury
* Rickmansworth (Church Street)
* Stapleford
* Stevenage (1st)

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