Napsbury railway station

Napsbury
Down local leaving Napsbury in 1958
Location
Place	Napsbury
Area	City of St Albans
Grid reference	TL160044
Operations
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
19 June 1905	Opened
14 September 1959	Closed[1]
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Napsbury railway station was built by the Midland Railway in 1905 on its line to St Pancras station.

It was never more than an island platform between the slow lines, with a siding serving the Middlesex County Asylum at Napsbury, and closed in 1959.^[2]

Up Empty Stock near Napsbury in 1958

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 166. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
2. Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books

Coordinates: 51°43′35.4″N 0°19′13.3″W / 51.726500°N 0.320361°W