Berkhamsted railway station

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Berkhamsted
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Berkhamsted railway station exterior 2025 01.jpg
Main entrance, with Grand Union canal in foreground
General information
Location Berkhamsted, Borough of Dacorum
England
Grid reference SP993081
Managed by London Northwestern Railway
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeBKM
Classification DfT category C2
History
Opened1838
Key dates
1875relocated to present site
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 1.665 million
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Tring London Northwestern Railway
London–Milton Keynes
Hemel Hempstead
towards London Euston
Tring
Terminus
Former services
Southern

Crossrail

Outline map of an abandoned proposal to extend the Elizabeth Line into Hertfordshire Crossrail extensions.png
Outline map of an abandoned proposal to extend the Elizabeth Line into Hertfordshire

The London and South East Route Utilisation Strategy document published by Network Rail in July 2011 made recommendations for the Crossrail lines which were then under construction in central London. It proposed an extension of what is now the Elizabeth line northwards into Hertfordshire via a new tunnel near Old Oak Common and Watford Junction, connecting the Crossrail route to the West Coast Main Line. Services would have run from stations in the West End of London via Berkhamsted, and would have terminated at Tring and Milton Keynes. [17] The new alignment would have alleviated congestion at Euston and resolved capacity constraints on the Elizabeth Line, allowing trains that terminate at Paddington to continue east via the Hertfordshire branch. [18] This proposal was abandoned in 2016. [19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Birtchnell, Percy (1960). "IX: Riverr, Road, Canal and Railway". A Short History of Berkhamsted. The Bookstack. pp. 85–88.
  2. "London & North Western Railway locomotives: Introduction & pre-Ramsbottom" . Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  3. "The Railway Comes to Tring". Tring Local History Museum. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  4. "No recreation ground, no trams..." (PDF). In and around Berkhamsted. 1 May 1951. p. 5.
  5. "Access for All". Network Rail. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  6. "Train station lifts to make travel easier for disabled in Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted". Berkhamsted Today. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  7. Burke, Patrick (15 March 2015). "Berkhamsted station is step-free". aid4disabled. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. "Berkhamsted Railway Station 'monstrosity' appears without warning and may be there forever". Berkhamsted Today. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  9. Table 66 National Rail timetable, December 2022
  10. Table 66, 176 National Rail timetable, December 2022
  11. "South Central to launch Rugby-Gatwick service". Rail Magazine . No. 305. 21 May 1997. p. 10.
  12. "Connex Makes a Rugby Connection". Rail Express . No. 15. August 1997. p. 7.
  13. "Connex loses rail franchise". BBC News. 24 October 2000. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  14. New Timetable means more services to and from Euston Network Rail 14 December 2008
  15. "Southern extends to Milton Keynes". The Railway Magazine . No. 1296. April 2009. p. 10.
  16. Changes to National Rail Timetable National Rail 15 May 2022
  17. 1 2 "London and South East Route Utilisation Strategy Draft for Consultation" (PDF). Network Rail. December 2010 – July 2011. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2011.
  18. Topham, Gwyn (7 August 2014). "New Crossrail route mooted from Hertfordshire into London". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  19. "Crossrail off the tracks as plans are shelved". Hemel Today. Johnston Publishing. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.

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