Watford Junction Railway Station - Services

Services

Watford Junction is under the management of London Midland, who took over from the now defunct Silverlink Trains. London Midland and Silverlink maintained a Traincrew Depot at Watford and stabled trains around the station. There are a number of sidings near the end of platform 11 which are use for storing units as well as rail freight. All platforms except 1 to 4 are electrified by 25K AC overhead lines, platforms 1 – 4 & 6 have DC electrified conductor rails.

The station is staffed by dispatch staff for London Midland; London Overground also maintain a Traincrew Depot here. Overground use only platforms 1-4 but also have a link onto platform 6 to be used for stock movements via the mainline towards London Euston

Off peak weekday service in trains per hour is:

• Southern using Class 377 Electrostars in four-coach formation:
  • 1 to Milton Keynes, calling at Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring, Leighton Buzzard, Bletchley, and Milton Keynes from platform 8.
  • 1 to South Croydon, calling at Harrow & Wealdstone, Wembley Central, Shepherds Bush, Kensington Olympia, West Brompton, Imperial Wharf, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth Common, Balham, Streatham Common, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Selhurst, East Croydon and South Croydon from platforms 9 or 10.
• London Overground using Class 378 Capitalstars, in four-coach formation:
  • 3 to London Euston, calling at Watford High Street, Bushey, Carpenders Park, Hatch End, Headstone Lane, Harrow & Wealdstone, Kenton, South Kenton, North Wembley, Wembley Central, Stonebridge Park, Harlesden, Willesden Junction, Kensal Green, Queen's Park, Kilburn High Road, South Hampstead & London Euston. These trains can use platforms 1 to 4 and 6. Platform 1 is usually used to stable a train. Most trains are timetabled only into platforms 3 & 4. Platform 5 has track removed and platform 6 is mainly for WCML trains.
• London Midland:
  • 2 to London Euston, calling at Bushey, Harrow & Wealdstone & London Euston from platforms 9 and 10.
  • 3 non-stop to London Euston from platforms 7 and 9.
  • 2 to Tring, calling at Kings Langley, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, and Tring from platforms 8 and 9.
  • 1 to Birmingham New Street, calling at Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Leighton Buzzard, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Wolverton, Northampton, Long Buckby, Rugby, Coventry, Tile Hill, Hampton-in-Arden, Birmingham International, Marston Green, and Birmingham New Street from platform 8.
  • 1 to Milton Keynes, calling at Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring, Cheddington, Leighton Buzzard, Bletchley, and Milton Keynes from platform 8.
  • 1 to Crewe, calling at Milton Keynes, Northampton, Rugby, Nuneaton, Atherstone, Tamworth, Lichfield Trent Valley, Rugeley Trent Valley, Stafford, Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, Alsagar, and Crewe from platform 6 or 8.
  • Operated by Class 350 Desiros, and are usually formed of four, eight or twelve coaches. Tring Services are occasionally formed of eight car class 321s.
  • 1 train every 45 minutes to St Albans Abbey, calling at Watford North, Garston, Bricket Wood, How Wood, Park Street, and St Albans Abbey from platform 11.
    • Always operated by a four car class 321 unit.
    • On Saturdays the Crewe and Birmingham trains become one train and call at Milton Keynes and Northampton where the train splits. The front four coaches call forward to Rugby, Nuneaton, Atherstone, Tamworth, Lichfield Trent Valley, Rugeley Trent Valley, Stafford, Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, Alsager, and Crewe. The rear four coaches call forward to Long Buckby, Rugby, Coventry, Canley, Tile Hill, Berkswell, Birmingham International, Marston Green, Lea Hall, Stechford, and Birmingham New St. These trains depart from Platform 6 or 8.

Virgin Trains also operate at this station with one train per hour to Wolverhampton via Birmingham New St, these also return for set down only. Early weekday mornings and evenings Virgin also provide services to/from Liverpool Lime St, Glasgow Central and Manchester Piccadilly, and one service Saturday morning to Holyhead.