A train is seen through the waiting shelter at St Albans Abbey station. Photo by Rudi Newman.The Garston Community Art Project was another successful CRP project. Here Councillor Stuart Pile and children from the Garston area unveil the new artwork at the entrance to Garston station - much of it a product of their own creativity.New bicycle shelters at St Albans Abbey station were a product of the CRP.
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Watford Junction

Watford Junction is the main connecting station on the Abbey Line, and here you can find other train companies offering services to a wide variety of places across the UK.
London Midland logo.
London Midland offer fast and semi-fast trains to London Euston, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Liverpool, Crewe and many destinations in between. www.londonmidland.com.
London Overground offer local trains serving Watford High Street, Bushey, Harrow and stations to London Euston. The London Overground network now covers much of the North, East, South and West London boroughs, which can be accessed from the Watford local 'DC' lines via Willesden Junction. www.tfl.gov.uk
Southern operate through trains to Kensington Olympia, Clapham Junction & East Croydon, as well as Milton Keynes. www.southernrailway.com.
Virgin Trains offer long distance trains to Birmingham New Street. Change at Milton Keynes or Euston for other destinations including Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Holyhead. www.virgintrains.co.uk.
London Overground logo.
Southern Trains logo.
Virgin Trains logo.
St Albans Abbey

Although St Albans Abbey station does not offer a direct connection with the rest of the rail network, there is a second station in St Albans, which is on the Thameslink route. First Capital Connect offer services via 'St Albans Thameslink' or 'St Albans City' station, as it is commonly known, to London St Pancras International, Blackfriars, the City, East Croydon, Brighton, Luton, Bedford and many stations in between. 
First Capital Connect logo.
It is about a 20 minute walk between the two stations in St Albans, or 7-10 minutes by bike. For a map of the walking / cycling route (avoiding the steep Holywell Hill), see below.
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