Hertfordshire Genealogy: Places: London to Birmingham Railway

The Building of the

London to Birmingham Railway

The London to Birmingham Railway was constructed between London and Birmingham, reaching Tring (the highest point as it crosses the Chilterns) in 1837. Within Hertfordshire the original stations were at Watford, Kings Langley, Boxmoor (now Hemel Hempstead), Berkhamsted and Tring.

Colne Viaduct, Near Watford, September 1837

Watford Junction Railway Station circa 1860

Watford Tunnel under Construction

The Booksellers Provident Retreat at Abbots Langley, Herts.
Showing an early railway engine on the main line. published in 1848

Nash Mill Bridge, near Kings Langley

Boxmoor Embankment, London to Birmingham Line, 1837 (see Railways of Hertfordshir

Berkhamsted Station circa 1840 [Berkhamsted p 31]

Excavating the Tring Railway Cutting in 1837
Postcard by London & North Western Railway, 1905

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