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Elstree & Borehamwood railway station is in the Hertsmere district of Hertfordshire located north of London St Pancras. The station lies on the Midland Main Line and is served by Thameslink on the Thameslink route. It is in Travelcard Zone 6. It serves the village of Elstree and the town of Borehamwood, where it is located. ==History== In 1862: :"''The London and Midland Junction Railway Bill'' is here referred to as providing for a new line of Railway into the metropolis. It commences from the Midland Railway at Hitchin, passes by St. Albans, Elstree, Edgware, Finchley and Highgate, and terminates by a junction with the Metropolitan Underground Railway at King's Cross, previously throwing out a Branch to the Cattle Market at Copenhagen Fields."〔"Railway in the metropolis and suburbs", ''Accounts and papers of the House of Commons'', Publ. House of Commons, 1862 ((page 22 ))〕 On 22 June 1863, the Midland Railway (Extension to London) Bill was passed: :"An Act for the Construction by the Midland Railway Company of a new Line of Railway between London and Bedford, with Branches therefrom; and for other Purpose".〔"Local and Personal Acts", ''The Sessional Papers Printed by Order of The House of the Lords Or Presented by Royal Command in the Session 1863'', Published 1863 ((page 119 ))〕 Situated north of the Elstree Tunnels, it was built by the Midland Railway as simply "Elstree" in 1868 when it built its extension to St Pancras station. By the 1920s, it had been renamed Elstree and Boreham Wood station.〔''The municipal year book of the United Kingdom'', Publisher Municipal Journal., 1927. ((page 438 ))〕 It was modernised in 1959.〔Radford, B., (1983)''Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby'' London: Bloomsbury Books〕 The station was renamed from ''Elstree & Borehamwood'' to ''Elstree'' on 6 May 1974, but reverted to ''Elstree & Borehamwood'' by mid 1988. A new footbridge and step-free lifts, installed under Network Rail's Access for All programme are due to open on 1 October 2014. The scheme, much delayed after originally being programmed to open in March 2014, has caused much angst within the community.〔http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/news/11493243.Railway_station_lifts_due_to_open_next_Wednesday/〕 The "London LOOP" walk passes close to the station on its way from Stanmore to High Barnet. The station has a PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together for a cheaper price. 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「Elstree & Borehamwood railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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