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Harpenden station at night. Harpenden railway station is on the Midland Main Line in England, serving the town of Harpenden, Hertfordshire. It is 24 miles 51 chains (39.7 km) down the line from London St Pancras and is situated between St Albans City to the south and Luton Airport Parkway to the north. Its three-letter station code is HPD.
Elstree South (usually just Elstree on Underground maps) was a proposed London Underground station in Elstree, Hertfordshire.It was designed by Charles Holden.The planned location of the station was adjacent to the A5183, north of the junction with the A41 and where junction 4 of the M1 motorway was subsequently built.
A more permanent passenger service was introduced by the Stockton & Darlington Railway between Consett and Wear Valley Junction on 4 July 1859 but was progressively withdrawn north of Tow Law on 1 May 1939, north of Crook on 11 June 1956 and entirely on 8 March 1965. This section closed to all traffic in March 1969.
The origin of the nickname "Nickey line" is shrouded in obscurity. Suggestions include being named after the parish of St Nicholas in Harpenden, through which it runs; Hemel's connection with Nicholas Breakspear; the knickerbockers worn by the navvies who constructed the line; or "down the nick", a slang term of engine drivers which meant "to run out of steam" and may have been applicable on ...
Developer Thomas Balon Jr. has said the design for the new project was inspired by the North End’s long railroad history.. The site was the former location of Boston & Maine’s Portsmouth rail ...
Rothamsted Manor is a former manor and current manor house, situated in Harpenden Rural in the English county of Hertfordshire. [1] A Grade I listed building, dating in part from the 17th century, it is now an events venue, while the surrounding estate is home to the Rothamsted Research Centre.
The goods services continued at Mill Hill (The Hale) until 29 February 1964, when it was completely closed. [1] [3] [n 2] Until 1969, [4] it was possible to buy an Underground ticket to "Mill Hill The Hale" even though no such station had existed for years. This enabled passengers to keep their tickets upon alighting at Mill Hill East and to ...
[1] [6] [n 2] [n 3] The depot was to be constructed to the south of the running tracks between Bushey Heath and Elstree South with access from each end. Bushey Heath station was to be located on the east side of the roundabout junction of Watford By-pass ( A41 ) and Elstree Road (A411).