Elstree & Borehamwood railway station

Elstree & Borehamwood
Elstree & Borehamwood
	Elstree & Borehamwood Location in Hertfordshire, England Elstree & Borehamwood Location in Elstree and Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
Location	Borehamwood
Local authority	Borough of Hertsmere
Managed by	Thameslink
Station code	ELS
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	3.231 million
2019–20	3.425 million
2020–21	0.895 million
2021–22	1.962 million
2022–23	2.482 million
Key dates
13 July 1868	Opened as "Elstree"
1 June 1869	Renamed "Elstree and Boreham Wood"
1 April 1904	Renamed "Elstree"
21 September 1953	Renamed "Elstree and Borehamwood"
6 May 1974	Renamed "Elstree"
5 May 1988	Renamed "Elstree and Borehamwood"
Other information
External links	Departures ; Layout ; Facilities ; Buses ;
WGS84	51°39′11″N0°16′49″W / 51.6531°N 0.2802°W
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Last updated April 15, 2024

Elstree & Borehamwood railway station is a railway station in the town of Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. It primarily serves Borehamwood as well as the nearby village of Elstree, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the south-west.^[4] The station is situated on the Midland Main Line, 12 miles 35 chains (20.0 km) down the line from London St Pancras and is situated between Mill Hill Broadway to the south and Radlett to the north. Its three-letter station code is ELS.

History

In 1862:

"The London and Midland Junction Railway Bill is here referred to as providing for a new line of Railway into the metropolis. It commences from the Midland Railway at Hitchin, passes by St. Albans, Elstree, Edgware, Finchley and Highgate, and terminates by a junction with the Metropolitan Underground Railway at King's Cross, previously throwing out a Branch to the Cattle Market at Copenhagen Fields."^[5]

On 22 June 1863, the Midland Railway (Extension to London) Bill was passed:

"An Act for the Construction by the Midland Railway Company of a new Line of Railway between London and Bedford, with Branches therefrom; and for other Purpose".^[6]

Situated north of the Elstree Tunnels, it was built by the Midland Railway as simply "Elstree" in 1868 when it built its extension to St Pancras station. By the 1920s, it had been renamed Elstree and Boreham Wood station.^[7] It was modernised in 1959.^[8] The station was renamed from Elstree & Borehamwood to Elstree on 6 May 1974,^[9] but reverted to Elstree & Borehamwood by mid 1988.^{[ citation needed ]}

A new footbridge and step-free lifts, installed under Network Rail's Access for All programme, opened on 1 October 2014 in order to make Elstree & Borehamwood entirely step-free.^[10]

Services

All services at Elstree & Borehamwood are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[11]

6 tph to St Albans City of which 2 continue to Luton
2 tph to Rainham via Dartford
4 tph to Sutton (2 of these run via Mitcham Junction and 2 run via Wimbledon)

During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services between Luton and Orpington via Catford, as well as some late evening services to and from Bedford.

The station is also served by a night service between Bedford and Three Bridges on Sunday to Friday nights.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Radlett		Thameslink Thameslink		Mill Hill Broadway

Gallery

Slow platform 1 looking south
Slow platform 1 looking north
Fast platform 3 looking south
Fast platform 3 looking north
Platform signage
Main building on Platform 1, with a snack bar in the foreground
A passing service operated by East Midlands Railway approaching platform 3 from the north

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References

↑ Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. November 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
↑ Yonge, John (March 2005) [1990]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (2nd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 2A. ISBN 0-9549866-0-1.
↑ "Railway in the metropolis and suburbs", Accounts and papers of the House of Commons, Publ. House of Commons, 1862 (page 22)
↑ "Local and Personal Acts", The Sessional Papers Printed by Order of The House of the Lords Or Presented by Royal Command in the Session 1863, Published 1863 (page 119)
↑ The municipal year book of the United Kingdom, Publisher Municipal Journal., 1927. (page 438)
↑ Radford, B., (1983)Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books
↑ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". The Railway Magazine . Vol. 120, no. 879. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. p. 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
↑ "Railway station lifts due to open next Wednesday". 24 September 2014.
↑ Table 52 National Rail timetable, December 2023

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Train times and station information for Elstree & Borehamwood railway station from National Rail
grid reference TQ190962

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[1] Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. November 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[infobox_stats_ref_rail-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

[Butt-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

[4] Yonge, John (March 2005) [1990]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (2nd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 2A. ISBN 0-9549866-0-1.

[5] "Railway in the metropolis and suburbs", Accounts and papers of the House of Commons, Publ. House of Commons, 1862 (page 22)

[6] "Local and Personal Acts", The Sessional Papers Printed by Order of The House of the Lords Or Presented by Royal Command in the Session 1863, Published 1863 (page 119)

[7] The municipal year book of the United Kingdom, Publisher Municipal Journal., 1927. (page 438)

[8] Radford, B., (1983)Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books

[9] Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". The Railway Magazine . Vol. 120, no. 879. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. p. 363. ISSN 0033-8923.

[10] "Railway station lifts due to open next Wednesday". 24 September 2014.

[11] Table 52 National Rail timetable, December 2023

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