Bricket Wood railway station

Bricket Wood railway station is in the village of Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire, England, on the Abbey Line 3¼ miles (5 km) east of Watford Junction. The station and all trains serving it are operated by London Midland.HistoryThe station once had a crossing loop and a second platform that could accommodate long excursion trains. Many Edwardian families from London came here to enjoy the fresh air, woodland and two large funfairs that once stood nearby.The station building, long disused, is the only surviving original building on the line. Responsibility for the line, including Bricket Wood, passed in November 2007 from Silverlink to London Midland.The station was used in the films Victoria the Great, Poison Pen, Double Confession, Night of the Demon, Impact and She'll Have to Go.In the trees between the station and Railway Cottages is a building which used to be an Emergency Railway Control Centre; it was built in about 1954 to run the railway network in the event of war.ServicesTrains operate between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey every 45 minutes in each direction Monday to Saturday, and every hour on Sundays.