Apsley railway station explained

Apsley
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Apsley, Borough of Dacorum
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:London Northwestern Railway
Platforms:4
Code:APS
Classification:DfT category E
Opened:26 September 1938
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

Apsley railway station is in Apsley, on the southern outskirts of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. One of two railway stations now serving the town, the other is Hemel Hempstead just up the line in Boxmoor.

The station is 37km (23miles) north west of London Euston on the West Coast Main Line. Apsley is managed and train services are operated by London Northwestern Railway.

History

The station was designed by the architect William Henry Hamlyn[1] and opened on 26 September 1938, to serve the paper producing area of Apsley Mill and Nash Mill. It was operated initially by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The station then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

All services at Apsley are operated by London Northwestern Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

During the peak hours, a number of additional services between London Euston, and call at the station.

A number of early morning and late evening services are extended beyond Milton Keynes Central to and from and .

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Lawrence, David . 2018 . British Rail Architecture 1948-97 . Crecy Publishing Ltd . 21 . 9780860936855 .