Signal box reopens at City Station

St Albans South Signal Box, adjacent to Platform 4 of City Station, will be open this coming Sunday from 2-5pm. The 131-year-old, restored Midland Signal Box is one of only a few still in its original position on an operational line. In addition to Midland Mainline trains roaring past outside and Govia...

Arguably the most famous scientist of modern times, physicist, author and cosmologist Stephen Hawking spent his formulative years in St Albans before leaving to begin a career which was to change our very perceptions of the universe. Born in Oxford in 1942, Stephen's family had fled their home in Highgate to...

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