How Wood  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | How Wood,St. Albans England | ||||
| Grid reference | TL144033 | ||||
| Managed by | London Northwestern Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | HWW | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 22 October 1988 | ||||
| Original company | British Rail | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  30,478 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 4,360 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  10,246 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 20,046 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 25,150 | ||||
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How Wood railway station is in the village ofHow Wood,Hertfordshire, England. It is the fourth station on theAbbey Line,4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) fromWatford Junction. Like all the other stations on the branch (exceptWatford Junction), it is a simple unstaffed halt.
The station was opened byBritish Rail in October 1988, to coincide with the overhead electrification of the line, but lies on the original site ofPark Street & Frogmore railway station which opened in 1858 and relocated from the site sometime before the 1890s.
All services at How Wood are operated byLondon Northwestern Railway usingClass 350EMUs.
The typical off-peak service on all days of the week is one train per hour in each direction betweenWatford Junction andSt Albans Abbey. This is increased to a train approximately every 45 minutes in each direction during the peak hours.[1]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Bricket Wood towardsWatford Junction | London Northwestern Railway | Park Street towardsSt Albans Abbey | ||
In November 2007 responsibility for the branch line, including How Wood, passed from Silverlink trains to GoviaLondon Midland trains. Installation of Oyster Card readers on the stations along the branch is a possibility, although there are other ticketing options too.
Restoration of the crossing loop atBricket Wood is being considered by the local authorities andNetwork Rail, which would facilitate trains running every 30 minutes.
51°43′03″N0°20′41″W / 51.7175°N 0.3448°W /51.7175; -0.3448
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