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Location notes
Situated about 18 miles north of London and just south of Hemel Hempstead on the West Coast Mail Line.
Railway type and traffic
Plenty of Virgin Anglo-Scottish/London - Midlands express passenger services. London Overground runs the slower rural passenger services. There is also a wide mix of freight, working north to places like Manchester and Scotland.
Link to Real Time Trains
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Environment
A small town on the outskirts of Hemel Hempstead
Road directions
From the M25 junction to follow the A4251 (Signposted Kings Langley). Follow this road for a couple of miles (watching for the speed cameras) You will go under the WCML. Go straight across the roundabout and the roadside parking is here. The station approach has a sign and is the 2nd turn on your left.
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Apsley map co-ordinates
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Apsley map co-ordinates
Parking
Station car park and roadside parking is available. This location is a commuter station so parking during the day is hard to find.
Public transport
Amenities
None noted
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Apsley
Streetmap links
Apsley general view map
Apsley close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Apsley
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Apsley
Googly map
Apsley general view map
Apsley close up map
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Photographic notes
This location is best suited to trains heading north out of London. The views from the north of the station are not that good. The place to stand is at the very south tip of the center platform. The platform here is wide enough to stand both behind the yellow line and shoot round the end of platform signs. All the OLE masts span the 4 tracks, there are no masts or signal posts on the approach. Given the fact that the approach to the station is up a cutting with trees on either side lighting is ambient rather than direct.
Links to photographs at this location
Rail-net - West Woast Mornings
Rail-net - West Coast wind down
General views - All photographs © Marcus Dawson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south
This train less telephoto view shows the long straight approaching the station off to good effect.
Fig 2 - Looking south
The fast lines are to the right of this picture, with the slow lines to the left.
Fig 3 - Looking south
Here a northbound train is seen on the slow lines.
Fig 4 - Looking south
Location Video
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
