Brookmans Park railway station
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Brookmans Park railway station serves the village of Brookmans Park
Brookmans Park
Brookmans Park is a village, located in the civil parish of North Mymms, in Hertfordshire, southeast England. It is well known for its varied and interesting local history, including an ancient historic estate that used to exist within its boundaries, its BBC transmitter station, and excellent...

 in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

, England
England
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. The station is located 14 miles (22.53076 km) north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line
East Coast Main Line
The East Coast Main Line is a long electrified high-speed railway link between London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, York, Darlington, Newcastle and Edinburgh...

, on the stretch between and .

History

The station was opened by the London and North Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...

(LNER) on 19 July 1926.

Facilities

In Autumn 2008, a Shere self-service ticket machine was installed opposite the booking office window, replacing an earlier Avantix self-service machine.

Station layout

The station has four platforms in total, with an island platform on the west side serving northbound services and another island platform serving southbound services which lies to the east. The station car park parallels the island platforms to the east.

The platforms are reached by a steep footbridge, the station building (an LNER survivor) being a part-time booking office at the NW extremity of the station.

Ticket Office Opening Times & Station Staffing Hours

Below are the current opening and staffing times for Brookmans Park, .
Ticket Office Hours
Day Opens Closes
Monday to Friday 06:50 10:00
Saturday - -
Sunday - -

Station Staffing Hours
Day From Until
Monday to Friday 06:35 10:15
Saturday - -
Sunday - -

Route

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