Moor Park is a

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station in the Three Rivers district of

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, serving those living on the Moor Park estate, and also on the neighbouring

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and

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estates. The station is outside the

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boundary but is in both Zone 6 and Zone 7, between the

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stations of

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, Croxley (on the Watford branch) and Northwood.

History

The route extension from

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opened in 1887 by the

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. Shortly after in 1899,

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trains also passed here, following the Metropolitan via

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. Moor Park didn't open until 9 May 1910, and the station was called Sandy Lodge, after the Sandy Lodge Golf Course. It was renamed to Moor Park & Sandy Lodge in 1923 to reflect the area it was in. The lines were electrified in 1925 when the

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branch was opened and electric-hauled trains passed to Rickmansworth to exchange the traction for steam. In 1950 the station was renamed to Moor Park and it was completely rebuilt in 1961, increasing the number of platforms to four: two for northbound trains (one for slow/semi-fast and one for fast services) and two for southbound trains to the city.

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and

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trains stopped calling at Moor Park from 1993. Since the 2011 timetable, fast and semi-fast trains have only run during peak times. The fast trains to

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call from platform 2 during the morning peak, and to

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from platform 1 during the evening peak. At all other times, and all day at weekends, trains depart from platforms 3 and 4, providing all station or semi-fast services to

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or Aldgate going southbound, and to Watford, Amersham or Chesham northbound.

References

Gallery

File:Moor Park stn northbound fast looking south.JPG, Northbound fast platform looking south (platform 1) File:Moor Park stn southbound fast look north.JPG, Southbound fast platform looking north (platform 2) File:Moor Park stn northbound slow looking south.JPG, Northbound slow (all stations) platform looking south (platform 3) File:Moor Park stn southbound slow look north.JPG, Southbound slow (all stations) platform looking north (platform 4) File:Moor Park stn roundel.JPG, Station platform Roundel File:Moor Park stn rear entrance.JPG, Rear entrance on the London-bound side, on the footpath to Sandy Lodge File:Moor Park.JPG, Moor Park tube station File:165020 at Moor Park 16 May 2010.jpg, A suburban diesel toward Marylebone on May 16, 2010 along the western platform. File:Moor Park Underground Station - geograph.org.uk - 208506.jpg, Moor Park tube station. Opened in 1910 as Sandy Lodge for the local golf course.

External links

www.railwayarchive.org.uk
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Moor Park station platforms, 1944
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Moor Park station entrance, 2001
* Moor Park station platforms, 1962. {{Hertfordshire railway stations Metropolitan line stations Tube stations in Hertfordshire London Underground stations located above ground Former Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1910