Trains to St Albans - Station Details and further Information on St Albans Train Services
St Albans City train station, also shortened to St Albans, is one of two train stations in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, the other being St Albans Abbey train station. City station is the more important of the two stations. It is located 0.5 miles east of the city centre, on the Midland Main Line and served by First Capital Connect on the Thameslink service.
The station was built by the Midland Railway in 1868 on its extension to St Pancras. Formerly, St Albans was famous for producing watercress which was sent in 25 kg lots to London and Manchester.
The station has four platforms, two for each direction: one "fast" and one "slow". The main entrance, ticket office, multi-storey car park, taxi rank and bus connections are on Station Way, east of the station. There is a second exit to the west, to a small surface car park off Ridgmont Road and Victoria Street, located at the original entrance to the station. Somewhat controversially, a larger surface car park to the east of the railway lines gained planning permission in 2003, in connection with a large residential development. |
