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The Abbey Line, also known as the St Albans Abbey branch line, is a railway line from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey.The 6.5-mile (10.5 km) route passes through town and countryside in the county of Hertfordshire, just outside the boundaries of the Oyster Card and London fare zones. [1]
Watford North railway station is a National Rail station which serves the North Watford area in Hertfordshire, England in the United Kingdom. It is the first station on the Abbey Line, a single-track branch line which runs from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey and is located approximately 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) north east of Watford Junction.
The original 1837 Watford railway station The new railway line, opened in 1837, approached Watford over the River Colne on a viaduct (Thomas Roscoe, 1839). The first railway station to open in Watford was situated on the north side of St Albans Road, approximately 200 metres (220 yd) further up the line from the present-day station.
How Wood railway station is in the village of How Wood, Hertfordshire, England. It is the fourth station on the Abbey Line , 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7.2 km) from Watford Junction . Like all the other stations on the branch (except Watford Junction ), it is a simple unstaffed halt.
St Albans Abbey is one of two railway stations in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; the other being the busier, much larger and a decade younger St Albans City. It is located about 0.6 miles (1 km) south of the city centre, in the St Stephen's area.
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]
The Hemel Hempstead depot runs a small number of local routes in the town as well as the 300/302 to St Albans and Welwyn Garden City, 320 to Rickmansworth, 500 to Aylesbury and 508 to Watford. In 2016, this depot took over operation of Watford local services 8 and 10.
The section of route 61 from St Albans to Hatfield is known as the Alban Way. [4] It is a former railway line. Just after the route pass the former London Road station, it goes under the Midland Main Line and then reaches a zig-zag cycle route up the hill to St Albans City station.