Park Street - Least Used Station in Hertfordshire

Another in the series! Visiting the least used station in each county in the UK to see what's there. This time, Hertfordshire! We're on the Abbey Line, where the least used station is Park Street.
The ORR statistics can be downloaded here: dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statist...
Thanks for Roger for coming along with me, you can follow him on twitter at @busandtrainuser

[@denelson83]

"Euston, we've had a problem."

[@ParisHayes]

Roger was a pretty cool guy

[@josephwright433]

You know what, this just warms my heart. You first met Rodger 6 years ago, and recently you did the westernmost bus stop with him in Vatersey, you made a life long friend. It’s awesome.

[@busandtrainuser619]

Brilliant trip out with the wonderful Geoff. Great video capturing a great morning ... one that didn't quite go according to plan!

[@grahamfrench329]

Wow, my old boss! Best man in the transport world.

[@Maximevete]

cab door fell off😂😂😂😂

[@chrisparkins9461]

Shame about the train breakdown, but even more of a shame that you took a random guy from Twitter who wasn't able to tell you anything about Park Street, and as a result you ended up with a rather boring video. Park Street is my ancestral home, and there's actually a lot of interesting (nerdy of course, but that's the best type of interesting) stuff that I could have told you about it!

[@ianmurray250]

Re: Ticket machine, it was brand new, and awaiting connection to the Internet, thus the station information saying there wasn't a ticket machine. Sloppy really, London Midland could have had a sign on the screen that said new, being installed or something, poor software design, but if you think about it to install a ticket machine, you first build the location, then get an electrical connection, then install the machine and only when it is up and running can you connect it to the network.

[@francislawson3523]

You hate the 319? Come up North. We've got Pacers... to us the 319s are new.

[@jpaulc441]

Geoff has a little of a Daniel Craig look to him.

[@andreaculverhouse5789]

My 2 year old nephew watches your videos all day everyday! I'm convinced he's you're youngest fan. Funnily enough he lives in Park Street!!! Had my sister of known you were there she would have invited you in for a tea. She tweeted you a photo of him watching you today.

[@davidpiper3652]

Just found this, brilliant. I was one of the 56 a day as it's my local station and I commuted to Euston every day for many years.

[@TotalMorgo]

I had to laugh when you said "Crappy old 319s" as we've just received them as cast offs on the Liverpool to Manchester run. 😂

[@techauthor324]

Late to the party here. I used to use the Abbey line all the time during the 1970s and 80s when i lived in Bricket Wood a bit further along the line towards Watford. l moved away from the area late 80s. The train itself was known as the Abbey Flyer. The Bricket Wood station was at the bottom of my grandparents garden and, as a child, i would always run to see the train when it passed. I remember the change from diesel to electric but cannot recall steam tho' l have old picture that show steam working late C19/early C20. Talk about unreliable trains? I walked most of the length of this line in my youth when the tain wasnt running! Nothing much changes.

[@XNick291X]

I was once on a Class 321 out of Liverpool Street and it didn't even make it to Bethnal Green before it got cancelled, I think maybe because the lead car away from London couldn't get traction power on the incline between Liverpool Street and Stratford. I got a Class 315 ride instead which was a lot more enjoyable!

[@AndyW77]

How interesting. I'm working on a radio feature about the Abbey Line's reliability; it gives up at any excuse. Interesting video. Do come back to St Albans though; it's very nice )

[@richardmcgowan5878]

I used to live in Park Street and it's heartening to see the Abbey Flyer surviving. It's a pleasant ride, quite scenic once you're out of Watford, and it ends right by Verulamium Park so it's handy for the Abbey, the Roman museum and a stroll by the lake.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Great video, I enjoyed watching! I wish they'd reinstall the passing loop at Bricket Wood so a half hourly train could operate and if BedPan (class 319) has a problem with the doors they'd still be able to run one train!

[@davidoneill1]

I live near Park Street. It is a lovely area. There are some nice pubs in the nearby village of Frogmore, you can go for a walk along the River Ver, and there’s the beautiful Frogmore lakes. Plus there’s the Moor Mill restaurant nearby, which is housed in a 250-year-old former watermill with roots stretching back to 1086.

[@Antthecool1]

Just because someone had to do it, there several single track branch lines with first class such as the Newquay gets a HST and a Cross Country service in the Summer, the Windermere branch uses TPE 185s from Windermere to Oxenholme Lake District. Am sure there are a few others ;) Always enjoy the video Geoff!