• Skip to content
  • Websites in the network
  • Herts Memories
  • Herts Past Policing
  • Our Dacorum
  • Our Hatfield
  • Our Hertford and Ware
  • Our Oxhey
  • Our Stevenage
  • Our Welwyn Garden City
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind
  • Herts Memories
  • Herts Past Policing
  • Our Dacorum
  • Our Hatfield
  • Our Hertford and Ware
  • Our Oxhey
  • Our Stevenage
  • Our Welwyn Garden City
  • Out of Sight, Out of Mind
 
  • Log in
  • Contact us
Herts Memories
Herts Memories
Gateway to Hertfordshire's community archive network
  • Home
  • About us
  • Herts history
  • Advice and Resources
  • Noticeboard
  • Blog
  • Get involved
  • Follow us on Twitter
You are here: Home>Herts history>Topics>Transport>Railways

Railways

Did you know that at one time St Albans had seven railway stations? Hertfordshire is still crossed by a number of railway lines. find out more about them here.

  • A SHORT-LIVED 'ODDITY' ON THE HERTFORD LOOP
    A SHORT-LIVED 'ODDITY' ON THE HERTFORD LOOP
    Too novel in design to succeed ?
  • Ayot St Peter Station
    Ayot St Peter Station
    Ayot St Peter had a railway station on the Welwyn Garden City to Luton line. The station was called just ...
  • Broxbourne Station
    Broxbourne Station
    Broxbourne
  • Buntingford Branch Line
    Buntingford Branch Line
    A lost railway of Hertfordshire
  • Cheshunt Railway, 1825
    Cheshunt Railway, 1825
    A little-known transport first
  • Croxley Wiggenhall Road Depot
    Croxley Wiggenhall Road Depot
    A model railway layout based on the Croxley Green Branch
  • Hitchin
    Hitchin
    Station photos
  • Hitchin Train Station
    Hitchin Train Station
    A photograph from July 1881
  • Last train to Buntingford
    Last train to Buntingford
    a poem
  • Official Portrait of Hitchin Station Staff 1906
    Official Portrait of Hitchin Station Staff 1906
    This is the official portrait of the Hitchin station staff around 1906, taken by Herbert H Minnis. Back row: 6th from ...
  • Potters Bar Train crash
    Potters Bar Train crash
    Garden City man's prompt action
  • Railway Station
    Railway Station
    Redbourn, 1920s
  • Railways Excursions
    Railways Excursions
    Day-trips from Hitchin
  • Redbourn Railway Station
    Redbourn Railway Station
    Shortly after World War II
  • Seven railway stations for St Albans
    Seven railway stations for St Albans
    The coming of the railways
  • The Nickey
    The Nickey
    steam engine, 1930
  • Tornado Steam Locomotive at Welham Green 2009
    Tornado Steam Locomotive at Welham Green 2009
    First mainland steam train built for 50 years
  • Watton at Stone hit by a 'Tornado'
    Watton at Stone hit by a 'Tornado'
    A wonderful surprise for local Steam Enthusiasts
  • Watton at Stone Railway Station
    Watton at Stone Railway Station
    A lifeline lost and then re-gained after 43 years
  • Lost Rails

    Lost Rails (16)

Transport
  • 1954 Aldbury Valetta accident
  • 1954 Aldbury Valetta accident
  • 20s style travel
  • Aldbury Valetta memorial
  • Coach Outing from Hertford
  • Dye's Coaches
  • Glebe Farm, Offley
  • Hertfordshire's Mobile Library Service
  • Martin Baker and Irvin success.
  • The Amphibious Caravan
  • The early days of planes and cars
  • The world is full of signs
  • Thomas King: Wheelwright and Coachbuilder of Berkhamsted
  • Trams in Waltham Cross
  • Was this a Hertford Man?
  • Railways
What's new
  • God‘s Acre Flamstead
    God’s Acre is the cemetery in Singlets Lane, Flamstead, a few hundred yards from St Leonard‘s church. The land was donated by Sir Edgar Sebright in 1903 when the churchyard became full.
  • Rev. Cecil Russell
    The Reverend Cecil Edward Russell MBE was the vicar at St Leonard’s for 20 years, from 1937 to 1957. This means of course he was the parish priest throughout the second world war. He also wrote a history of Flamstead and the church, 50 years after the one written by his predecessor.
More new pages
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy and cookies
  • Accessibility
  • Copyright
Designed and built by Community Sites

Copyright Hertfordshire County Council. All rights reserved.

Heritage Lottery Fund (opens in new window) Hertfordshire County Council (opens in new window)