St Albans: Former railway crossing at Sutton Road
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St Albans: Former railway crossing at Sutton Road
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 19 May 2009
The Hatfield and St Albans Railway was completed in 1865 and was taken over by the Great Northern Railway in 1883. It was a very early casualty of British Railways' days being closed to passenger traffic in 1951. Freight services lingered on until 1964. This is the point at which the railway crossed Sutton Road with the raised grassy bank on the right being on the former track bed. The trackbed itself is now a public path known as the Alban Way and it also forms a section of National Cycle Network Route 61 as the sign on the right bears witness.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.750806
Longitude
-0.310706
