History
The line was opened by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on 5 May 1858 and was the first railway to reach St Albans.
Originally, there were two intermediate stations:
- Bricket Wood
- Park Street
In 1910 a further station was opened, at Callowland. This was later renamed Watford North.
In 1924 the terminus at St Albans had a name change to St Albans Abbey to distinguish it from the Midland Railway main line station at St Albans City, which opened in 1868. The LNWR station was also served by a branch of the Great Northern Railway from Hatfield.
A sixth station was added at Garston in 1966 and a seventh station was added at How Wood in 1988, to coincide with the electrification of the route at 25 kV AC overhead.
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