St Albans (London Road) railway station

St Albans London Road
General information
Location	St Albans, City and District of St Albans, Hertfordshire England
Coordinates	51°44′42″N0°19′40″W / 51.745078°N 0.327806°W / 51.745078; -0.327806
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Hatfield and St Albans Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	LNER
Key dates
16 October 1865	Station opened [1]
1 October 1951	Station closed [1]

St Albans London Road was one of three railway stations in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

History

v t e Railway stations in St Albans
Legend
Midland Main Line to The North St Albans City St Albans Abbey St Albans (London Road) Park Street Sanders Siding Abbey line to Watford Junction Salvation Army Halt Hertfordshire County Mental Hospital Hill End Hatfield to St Albans Line Midland Main Line to London St Pancras

The station was opened by the Hatfield and St Albans Railway on 16 October 1865, ^[1] and passenger services ceased on 1 October 1951. ^[1]

The station building has been restored, and the trackbed now forms part of the Alban Way, 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 since June 1994. ^[2]

Station masters

A 1902 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of St Albans (London Road) (lower left, shown here in orange as G.N.)

• James Barnes 1865 – 1883 ^[3]
• J. D. Rhodes 1884 ^[4] – 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) ^[5]
• Ernest Wallis 1919 – 1920 ^[6] (afterwards station master at Palmers Green)
• C. John Whitehead 1920 – 1926
• Campbell George Correll 1926- 1934
• George Howlett 1935 – 1941 (also station master of St Albans City railway station)
• T. Bond 1946 - 1949
• Albert Shaw 1949 - 1951

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
St Albans Abbey Line closed; station open		Great Northern Railway Hatfield and St Albans Railway		Salvation Army Halt Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), page 202
2. Historic England. "Old Station House (1103011)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 February 2022.
3. "Mr Barnes" . Herts Advertiser. England. 1 September 1883. Retrieved 4 March 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Gratifying Presentation" . Herts Advertiser. England. 15 March 1884. Retrieved 4 March 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Murdered Station Master" . Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser. England. 27 November 1918. Retrieved 4 March 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Promotion of Mr. E. Wallis" . Biggleswade Chronicle. England. 16 May 1930. Retrieved 4 March 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

• 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. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.