St Albans City railway station
St Albans City 
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Exterior of the main building on Station Way
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| Location | |
| Place | St Albans |
| Local authority | City of St Albans |
| Coordinates | 51°45′01″N 0°19′39″W / 51.7504°N 0.3274°WCoordinates: 51°45′01″N 0°19′39″W / 51.7504°N 0.3274°W |
| Grid reference | TL155070 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SAC |
| Managed by | Thameslink |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 6.509 million |
| 2012/13 |
6.888 million |
| 2013/14 |
7.158 million |
| 2014/15 |
7.474 million |
| 2015/16 |
 7.451 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 October 1868 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at St Albans City from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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St Albans City railway station, also shortened to St Albans, is one of two railway stations in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, the other being St Albans Abbey railway station. City station is the more important of the two stations, as it serves London, Gatwick Airport, Luton Airport and Brighton. It is located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the city centre, on the Midland Main Line and served by Thameslink trains on the Thameslink route.
The station was built by the Midland Railway in 1868 on its extension to St Pancras. Formerly, St Albans was famous for producing watercress which was sent in 56-pound (25 kg) lots to London and Manchester.
The other station, St Albans Abbey, was built by the London and North Western Railway in 1858. There was originally a further station called London Road, built by the Hatfield and St Albans Railway in 1863 to connect with the Great Northern Railway.
The station has four platforms, two for each direction: one "fast" and one "slow". The main entrance, ticket office, multi-storey car park, taxi rank and bus connections are on Station Way, east of the station. There is a second exit to the west, to a small surface car park off Ridgmont Road and Victoria Street, located at the original entrance to the station. Somewhat controversially, a larger surface car park to the east of the railway lines gained planning permission in 2003, in connection with a large residential development. [1]
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