Apsley railway station

Apsley
Location
Place	Apsley
Local authority	Borough of Dacorum
Grid reference	TL062048
Operations
Station code	APS
Managed by	London Midland
Number of platforms	4
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.401 million
2011/12	0.428 million
2012/13	0.448 million
2013/14	0.486 million
2014/15	0.510 million
History
Key dates	Opened 26 September 1938
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Apsley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Platform view (1991)

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 Midland.

History

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.^[1]

Notes

1. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Tables 66 & 67 (Network Rail)

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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.

External links

• Train times and station information for Apsley railway station from National Rail
• Station on navigable O.S. map.

Coordinates: 51°43′59″N 0°27′47″W / 51.733°N 0.463°W