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St Albans London Road was one of three railway stations in
The station was opened by the
St Albans
St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...
, 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 ...
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History
The station was opened by the Hatfield and St Albans Railway
The Hatfield & St Albans Railway was a branch of the Great Northern Railway which connected St Albans to Hatfield in Hertfordshire, England. It opened in 1865 with the principal aim of allowing St Albans traffic to access the Great Northern' ...
on 16 October 1865,Butt (1995), page 202 and passenger services ceased on 1 October 1951.
The station building has been restored, and the trackbed now forms part of the Alban Way
The Alban Way is a traffic free multi-user route
along a former railway line in Hertfordshire, England, that has been constructed along the route of the former Hatfield and St Albans Railway, Hatfield to St Albans railway line. It runs from St A ...
, 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
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, an ...
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 ofSt Albans City railway station
St Albans City railway station, also known simply as St Albans, is one of two railway stations serving the city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England (the other being ). The 'City' station is the larger of the two, as it is on the better-conn ...
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*T. Bond 1946 - 1949
*Albert Shaw 1949 - 1951
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* * Disused railway stations in Hertfordshire Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951 Transport in St Albans Grade II listed railway stations Grade II listed buildings in Hertfordshire {{EastEngland-railstation-stub