Park Street railway station (England)

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Park Street railway station (England) - Wikipedia

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

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Park Street

General information

Location

Park Street, St Albans
England

Coordinates

51°43′30″N 0°20′25″W / 51.7249°N 0.3402°W

Grid reference

TL147042

Managed by

London Northwestern Railway

Platforms

Other information

Station code

PKT

Classification

DfT category F2

Key dates

1858

Opened

1859

Station closed

1861

Station re-opened

Passengers

2019/20

21,008

2020/21

5,022

2021/22

9,394

2022/23

16,842

2023/24

16,980

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Park Street railway station serves the village of Park Street, Hertfordshire, England. It is the penultimate station on the Abbey Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Northwestern Railway.

History

The station opened as Park Street & Frogmore in 1858, when the London and North Western Railway built its branch line from Watford Junction to St Albans. It was not an immediate success, and was closed from 1859 until 1861. It had been relocated to its present position by the 1890s. The station was renamed Park Street on 6 May 1974.^[1]

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

Services

All services at Park Street are operated by London Northwestern Railway using Class 350 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service on all days of the week is one train per hour in each direction between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey. This is increased to a train approximately every 45 minutes in each direction during the peak hours.^[2]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
How Wood		London Northwestern Railway Abbey Line		St Albans Abbey

Future

In December 2017 responsibility for the branch line passed from London Midland to London Northwestern Railway. Installation of Oyster Card readers on the stations along the branch is a possibility, although there are other ticketing options too.

Restoration of the crossing loop at Bricket Wood is being considered by the local authorities and Network Rail, which would facilitate trains running every 30 minutes.

References

Notes

^ Slater 1974, p. 363.
^ Table 61 National Rail timetable, December 2022

Sources

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.
Abbeyline.org.uk
Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. 120 (879). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. ISSN 0033-8923.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Park Street railway station.

Train times and station information for Park Street railway station (England) from National Rail

Video about the station by Geoff Marshall, published in 2016

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