Park Street railway station (England)

Park Street railway station serves the village of Park Street, Hertfordshire, England. It is the penultimate station on the Abbey Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Northwestern Railway.

Park Street
General information
Location	Park Street, St Albans England
Coordinates	51.7249°N 0.3402°W / 51.7249; -0.3402
Grid reference	TL147042
Managed by	London Northwestern Railway
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	PKT
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
1858	Opened
1859	Station closed
1861	Station re-opened
Passengers
2018/19	22,074
2019/20	21,008
2020/21	5,022
2021/22	9,394
2022/23	16,842
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

A 1902 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Park Street & Frogmore (bottom left)

The station opened as Park Street & Frogmore in 1858, when the London and North Western Railway built its branch line from Watford Junction to St Albans. It was not an immediate success, and was closed from 1859 until 1861. It had been relocated to its present position by the 1890s. The station was renamed Park Street on 6 May 1974.

It is now a simple unstaffed halt, like all the other stations on the line.

Services

All services at Park Street are operated by London Northwestern Railway using Class 350 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service on all days of the week is one train per hour in each direction between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey. This is increased to a train approximately every 45 minutes in each direction during the peak hours.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
How Wood		London Northwestern Railway Abbey Line		St Albans Abbey

Future

In December 2017 responsibility for the branch line passed from London Midland to London Northwestern Railway. Installation of Oyster Card readers on the stations along the branch is a possibility, although there are other ticketing options too.

Restoration of the crossing loop at Bricket Wood is being considered by the local authorities and Network Rail, which would facilitate trains running every 30 minutes.

References

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.
• Abbeyline.org.uk
• Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. 120 (879). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. ISSN 0033-8923.

External links

• Train times and station information for Park Street railway station (England) from National Rail

• Video about the station by Geoff Marshall, published in 2016