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]
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
edit- ^ "Hertingfordbury". Disused Stations:Site Records. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Cole Green Way" (PDF). Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ 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 |
51°47′02″N 0°08′16″W / 51.7839°N 0.1377°W
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