Cole Green railway station was a station at Cole Green,

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...

, England, on the

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. It was a passenger station from 1858 until 18 June 1951, also serving the hamlet of

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. It is now a picnic spot on the

Cole Green Way The Cole Green Way is a rail trail which runs east-west from the eastern edge of Welwyn Garden City to Hertford in Hertfordshire. Part of National Cycle Network Route 61, and the Lea Valley Walk, it runs for more than six miles along the for ...

footpath and cycle trail. The station was used in the film ''

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'' (1951).

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arrives at the station near her home. The train is hauled by the early steam locomotive

Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...

, with three four-wheeler passenger coaches, two of them named ''Experience'' and ''Huskisson''.Internet Movie Database: The Lady with a Lamp (1951): Filming and Production, and Trivia

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Disused railway stations in Hertfordshire Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1858 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951 1858 establishments in England 1951 disestablishments in England {{EastEngland-railstation-stub