Bushey railway station
Bushey  
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 Bushey
Location of Bushey in Hertfordshire
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| Location | Oxhey |
| Local authority | Borough of Watford |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | BSH |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 6 |
| Fare zone | 8 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 0.965 million |
| 2012–13 |
1.060 million |
| 2013–14 |
1.137 million |
| 2014–15 |
1.241 million |
| 2015–16 |
1.458 million |
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| 1841 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°38′38″N 0°23′06″W / 51.644°N 0.385°WCoordinates: 51°38′38″N 0°23′06″W / 51.644°N 0.385°W |
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Bushey is a railway station in Hertfordshire which serves the towns of Bushey and Oxhey. It is situated on the West Coast main line, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Harrow & Wealdstone, on an embankment. North of the station, the railway crosses the Colne valley on several viaducts.
The station is served by London Midland semi-fast trains on the West Coast main line, and by London Overground services on the Watford DC Line, a slow local service along the West Coast route. At Bushey, this branches west on a loop to serve Watford town centre at High Street station, before rejoining the main line at Watford Junction.
The London and Birmingham Railway, the first main line railway in the United Kingdom, first ran through here on 20 July 1837. A station was not initially provided, as the area was then sparsely populated.
A station was provided later in a similar red brick style to others along the route, larger than most although smaller than that at Harrow & Wealdstone. London Underground's Bakerloo line trains served the station from 16 April 1917 until 24 September 1982.
During the war years of 1939-1945 the station was often known as "Ampersand" - this was due to a typically bureaucratic application of emergency regulations. To hinder enemy troops in the event of an invasion it was ordered that all station names should be painted out on station name-boards, and this was interpreted at Bushey & Oxhey to mean the words 'Bushey' and 'Oxhey' but not the '&'. For the duration of the war, therefore, the station bore the designation '&'. Also during wartime a concrete pillbox (a small gun fortification) was provided under the viaduct, between platforms 2 and 3.
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