Elstree & Borehamwood railway station
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| Location | Borehamwood |
| Local authority | Borough of Hertsmere |
| Managed by | Thameslink |
| Station code(s) | ELS |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 6 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2019–20 |  3.425 million[2] |
| 2020–21 |  0.895 million[2] |
| 2021–22 | 1.962 million[2] |
| 2022–23 | 2.482 million[2] |
| 2023–24 | 2.644 million[2] |
| Key dates | |
| 13 July 1868 | Opened as "Elstree"[3] |
| 1 June 1869 | Renamed "Elstree and Boreham Wood"[3] |
| 1 April 1904 | Renamed "Elstree"[3] |
| 21 September 1953 | Renamed "Elstree and Borehamwood"[3] |
| 6 May 1974 | Renamed "Elstree"[3] |
| 5 May 1988 | Renamed "Elstree and Borehamwood"[3] |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°39′11″N 0°16′49″W / 51.6531°N 0.2802°W |
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Elstree & Borehamwood railway station is a railway station in the town of Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. It primarily serves Borehamwood as well as the nearby village of Elstree, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the south-west.[4] The station is situated on the Midland Main Line, 12 miles 35 chains (20.0 km) down the line from London St Pancras and is situated between Mill Hill Broadway to the south and Radlett to the north. Its three-letter station code is ELS.
Elstree & Borehamwood is also the first station down the line that is located outside the Greater London area; however, it is still within London's Travelcard zone area, and is located in Zone 6.
The station is served by Thameslink-operated trains on the Thameslink route.
History
[edit]In 1862:
- "The London and Midland Junction Railway Bill is here referred to as providing for a new line of Railway into the metropolis. It commences from the Midland Railway at Hitchin, passes by St. Albans, Elstree, Edgware, Finchley and Highgate, and terminates by a junction with the Metropolitan Underground Railway at King's Cross, previously throwing out a Branch to the Cattle Market at Copenhagen Fields."[5]
On 22 June 1863, the Midland Railway (Extension to London) Bill was passed:
- "An Act for the Construction by the Midland Railway Company of a new Line of Railway between London and Bedford, with Branches therefrom; and for other Purpose".[6]
Situated north of the Elstree Tunnels, it was built by the Midland Railway as simply "Elstree" in 1868 when it built its extension to St Pancras station. By the 1920s, it had been renamed Elstree and Boreham Wood station.[7] It was modernised in 1959.[8] The station was renamed from Elstree & Borehamwood to Elstree on 6 May 1974,[9] but reverted to Elstree & Borehamwood by mid 1988.[citation needed]
A new footbridge and step-free lifts, installed under Network Rail's Access for All programme, opened on 1 October 2014 in order to make Elstree & Borehamwood entirely step-free.[10]
Services
[edit]All services at Elstree & Borehamwood are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[11]
- 6 tph to St Albans City of which 2 continue to Luton
- 2 tph to Rainham via Dartford
- 4 tph to Sutton (2 of these run via Mitcham Junction and 2 run via Wimbledon)
During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services between Luton and Orpington via Catford, as well as some late evening services to and from Bedford.
The station is also served by a night service between Bedford and Three Bridges on Sunday to Friday nights.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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See also
[edit]- Elstree South tube station - unbuilt London Underground station
Gallery
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Slow platform 1 looking south -
Slow platform 1 looking north -
Fast platform 3 looking south -
Fast platform 3 looking north -
Platform signage -
Main building on Platform 1, with a snack bar in the foreground -
A passing service operated by East Midlands Railway approaching platform 3 from the north
References
[edit]- ^ Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ a b c d e f 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. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ Yonge, John (March 2005) [1990]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 4: Midlands & North West (2nd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 2A. ISBN 0-9549866-0-1.
- ^ "Railway in the metropolis and suburbs", Accounts and papers of the House of Commons, Publ. House of Commons, 1862 (page 22)
- ^ "Local and Personal Acts", The Sessional Papers Printed by Order of The House of the Lords Or Presented by Royal Command in the Session 1863, Published 1863 (page 119)
- ^ The municipal year book of the United Kingdom, Publisher Municipal Journal., 1927. (page 438)
- ^ Radford, B., (1983)Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books
- ^ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 120, no. 879. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. p. 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
- ^ "Railway station lifts due to open next Wednesday". 24 September 2014.
- ^ Table 52 National Rail timetable, December 2023
External links
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- Train times and station information for Elstree & Borehamwood railway station from National Rail
- grid reference TQ190962
