Cole Green railway station

Cole Green railway station was a station at Cole Green, Hertfordshire, England, on the Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway. It was a passenger station from 1858 until 18 June 1951, also serving the hamlet of Letty Green.[1]

Cole Green Station in 1968, prior to demolition

It is now a picnic spot on the Cole Green Way footpath and cycle trail.[2]

The station was used in the film The Lady with a Lamp (1951). Florence Nightingale arrives at the station near her home. The train is hauled by the early steam locomotive Lion, with three four-wheeler passenger coaches, two of them named Experience and Huskisson.[3]

References
  1. "Hertingfordbury". Disused Stations:Site Records. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. "Cole Green Way" (PDF). Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  3. Internet Movie Database: The Lady with a Lamp (1951): Filming and Production, and Trivia
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hatfield Hyde Halt   Great Northern Railway
Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway		   Hertingfordbury


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