Date: 29/10/2009

Rail passengers travelling between Watford and St Albans are in line for more regular and more frequent services thanks to exciting plans to create a new tram service announced today by Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis and Hertfordshire County Council. [From Mark Bartlett]

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The Watford Junction - St Albans Abbey line was about as basic as a line could get in the late 1970s. Shown is the St Albans terminus where the passenger facilities were really no more than a decaying brick wind break illuminated by a single light bulb. This photo was taken in September 1979 in the full expectation that the line could not survive much longer. Happily though, the Abbey Flyer still runs, thanks to a determined local support group.
Location: St Albans Abbey
Company: St Albans Branch (London and North Western Railway)
22/09/1979 Mark Dufton

Prospect of St Albans Abbey station in 1976. Shame.
Location: St Albans Abbey
Company: St Albans Branch (London and North Western Railway)
//1976 Ian Dinmore

Be afraid...be very afraid... The ladies of Garston, on the St Albans Abbey Branch, prepare themselves for the arrival of their British Rail Christmas Shoppers Special on a bright December morning in the late 1960s. The train is formed by a Derby lightweight DMU, the last example of which was withdrawn in 1969.
Location: Garston
Company: St Albans Branch (London and North Western Railway)
// Ian Dinmore