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Sandy Lodge railway station

Moor Park London Underground
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Main entrance, on the northbound side
Moor Park is located in Hertfordshire
Moor Park
Moor Park
Location of Moor Park in Hertfordshire
Location Moor Park
Local authority District of Three Rivers
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 4
Fare zone 6 and 7
London Underground annual entry and exit
2013 Increase 0.82 million
2014 Increase 0.89 million
2015 Decrease 0.89 million
2016 Increase 0.91 million
Key dates
1 September 1887 Metropolitan Railway's extension opened from the previous terminus at Pinner, en route to Rickmansworth, passing through here
15 March 1899 Great Central Railway services began passing through here
9 May 1910 Opened as "Sandy Lodge"
18 October 1923 Renamed "Moor Park and Sandy Lodge"
2 November 1925 Goods yard closed
25 September 1950 Renamed "Moor Park"
1961 Station rebuilt, given quadruple track
1993 Suspension of Chiltern services
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WGS84 51°37′48″N 0°25′52″W / 51.63°N 0.431°W / 51.63; -0.431Coordinates: 51°37′48″N 0°25′52″W / 51.63°N 0.431°W / 51.63; -0.431
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Moor Park is a London Underground station in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, serving those living on the Moor Park estate, and also on the neighbouring Eastbury and South Oxhey estates. The station is outside the Greater London boundary but is in both Zone 6 and Zone 7, between the Metropolitan line stations of Rickmansworth, Croxley (on the Watford branch) and Northwood.

The extension from Pinner to Rickmansworth opened in 1887 by the Metropolitan Railway however Moor Park didn't open then. Shortly after in 1899, Great Central Railway trains also passed here, following the Metropolitan via Verney Junction. On 9 May 1910, the station opened as "Sandy Lodge", named after the Sandy Lodge Golf Course. It was renamed as "Moor Park & Sandy Lodge" in 1923 to reflect the area it was in. The lines were electrified in 1925 when the Watford branch was opened and electric-hauled trains also passed here for Rickmansworth to exchange the locos for steam. In 1950 the station renames itself as "Moor Park" and was completely rebuilt in 1961 so that there can four platforms, two for northbound trains (one for slow/semi-fast trains and one for fast trains) and two for southbound trains to the city. British Rail DMU trains also called at Moor Park until in 1993 when Network SouthEast decided not to call trains at Moor Park.


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