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The Abbey Line (or St Albans Abbey Branch Line) is a railway line from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey. The route passes through town and countryside in the county of Hertfordshire, just outside the boundaries of the London fare zones. Its northern terminus in St Albans Abbey is located in the south of the city, around away from the larger St Albans City railway station on the Thameslink line. The Abbey Line is a semi-rural line and, due to its single-track operation, service frequencies are limited. The service is sometimes referred to locally as ''the Abbey Flyer''. ==History== The line was opened by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on 5 May 1858 and was the first railway to reach St Albans. Originally there were two intermediate stations: * * In 1910 a station at Callowland opened, now . In 1924 the terminus at St Albans became to distinguish it from the Midland Railway main line station at , which opened in 1868. The LNWR station was also served by a branch of the Great Northern Railway from . A sixth station was added at Garston in 1966 and a seventh at How Wood in 1988, to coincide with the electrification of the route at 25 kV AC overhead. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abbey Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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