Elstree & Borehamwood railway station is located in the town of Borehamwood, in Hertfordshire, England; the nearby village of Elstree lies to the south-west. The station is a stop on the Midland Main Line, down the line from London St Pancras; it is situated between to the south and to the north.
Elstree & Borehamwood is also the first station down the line that is located outside the Greater London area; however, it is within London fare zone 6. It is the only National Rail station within London fare zones 1–6, but also outside of London, to not be in Surrey.
The station is managed by Govia Thameslink Railway, which also operates services on the Thameslink route.
History
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.""Railway in the metropolis and suburbs", Accounts and papers of the House of Commons, Publ. House of Commons, 1862 (page 22) 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"."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)
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.The municipal year book of the United Kingdom, Publisher Municipal Journal., 1927. (page 438) It was modernised in 1959.Radford, B., (1983)Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books The station was renamed from Elstree & Borehamwood to Elstree on 6 May 1974, but reverted to Elstree & Borehamwood by mid 1988.
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.
Services All services at Elstree & Borehamwood are operated by Thameslink, using electric multiple units.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: 6 tph to of which 2 continue to 2 tph to via 4 tph to (2 of these run via and 2 run via )
During peak hours, the station is served by additional services between Luton and via , as well as some late evening services to and from .
The station is also served by a night service between Bedford and on Sunday to Friday nights.
See also Elstree South tube station - unbuilt London Underground station
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