Apsley railway station

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.

Apsley
National Rail
General information
LocationApsley, Borough of Dacorum
England
Grid referenceTL062048
Managed byLondon Northwestern Railway
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeAPS
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened26 September 1938
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.667 million
2019/20Decrease 0.659 million
2020/21Decrease 0.118 million
2021/22Increase 0.327 million
2022/23Increase 0.406 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Platform view (1991)

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

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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

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All services at Apsley are operated by London Northwestern Railway.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

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

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

Preceding station   National Rail Following station
Hemel Hempstead   London Northwestern Railway
  Kings Langley

Notes

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  1. ^ Lawrence, David (2018). British Rail Architecture 1948-97. Crecy Publishing Ltd. p. 21. ISBN 9780860936855.
  2. ^ Table 66 National Rail timetable, December 2022

References

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51°43′59″N 0°27′47″W / 51.733°N 0.463°W / 51.733; -0.463