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St. Albans Abbey
OwnerPeter Edmondson, N Gauge section
Scale/Gauge2mm/N gauge
OutlineLNWR/LMS
Dimensions12ft x 18in
Space requiredn/a
Power requirementsn/a
Operators/Crewn/a
Transport expensesn/a
AvailabilityNo longer available for exhibitions
Previously shown at:
WEST ESSEX MODELRAILSat 23 Apr 2016
-Sun 24 Apr 2016
WEST ESSEX MODELRAILSat 05 Oct 2013
-Sun 06 Oct 2013
I & WEMRC ExhibitionSat 03 Oct 2009
-Sun 04 Oct 2009
Romford MRS ExhibitionTue 13 Nov 2007
I & WEMRC ExhibitionSat 30 Sep 2006
-Sun 01 Oct 2006

St. Albans Abbey station was opened in May 1858 by the LNWR Company, as the northern terminus of the branch line from Watford.

This was a single track and served five stations with a passing loop at Bricket Wood. The station became a junction in 1866 with the building of the GNR line to Hatfield. Local passenger services to Watford (LNWR) and Hatfield (GNR) were frequent and supplemented at peak times with trains direct to Euston. Apart from regular coal supplied for the adjoining Gas Works, there was also mixed freight with emphasis on agricultural requirements and the local cattle market.

Trains reach the LNWR/GNR junction, then pass a LNWR type 4 signal box with 25 levers (box demolished 1970) into the station on the south side of the city, alongside the gas works at the foot of St. Stephens Hill. The station building was demolished in 1967 and the goods shed in 1956.

This layout is exactly to scale and represents St. Albans Abbey station and its approaches between 1925 and 1929, and is run to a sequence representing the timetable during that period.

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