Apsley  | |
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| Location | Apsley, Borough of Dacorum England |
| Grid reference | TL062048 |
| Managed by | London Northwestern Railway |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | APS |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Opened | 26 September 1938 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  0.576 million |
| 2016/17 | 0.634 million |
| 2017/18 |  0.632 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.667 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.659 million |
| Location | |
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| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
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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 23 miles (37 km) 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
Monday to Saturday a half-hourly service to London Euston southbound and Tring (Saturdays Milton Keynes Central) northbound. Evenings and Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. A number of night and rush hour services are extended to and from Birmingham New Street and Coventry. There is also one train to and from Crewe on weekdays.[2]
Notes
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (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. 17. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
External links
- Train times and station information for Apsley railway station from National Rail
- Station on navigable O.S. map.
| Preceding station | ){kind=logo} National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Hemel Hempstead | London Northwestern Railway West Coast Main Line | Kings Langley | ||