Roundwood Halt railway station co-served the town of Harpenden, in Hertfordshire, England; between 1927 and 1949, it was a stop on the Nickey Line that linked Hemel Hempstead and Harpenden.

History

The station was opened on 8 August 1927 by the Midland Railway. It was situated south of the junction on Roundwood Road and was planned to serve a housing development in Harpenden, given its expansion as a London dormitory town.[1]

The halt had one concrete platform in the cutting on the west side of the line, with a timber waiting shelter. A timber footbridge was built over the line in 1926, which was replaced by a tubular metal bridge in 1957.[2]

The station was closed on 16 June 1947.[2]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Harpenden
Line closed, station open 		  London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Nickey Line 		  Redbourn
Line and station closed

The site today

The track was taken up in 1982 and the trackbed became part of a shared-use path in the mid-1980s. The platform and the yellow single arm lower quadrant type signal are extant.[2]

References

  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 368. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ a b c Catford, Nick (17 February 2019). "Disused Stations: Roundwood Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundwood_Halt_railway_station
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