Elstree & Borehamwood

Elstree & Borehamwood station, Allum Lane, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire
WD6 3LS

Elstree & Borehamwood at a glance

  • Ticket Office
  • Ticket Machine
  • Prepurchase Collection
  • Car Park
  • Step Free Access
  • Toilets
  • WiFi
  • Bus Services
  • Cycle Storage Sheltered

Station details

Accessibility Information

There is information about accessibility

Accessible Parking

11

Accessible Taxis

There is taxi provision

Accessible Ticket Machines

Yes

Accessible Booking Office Counter

Yes

Customer Help Points

Elstree & Borehamwood Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0:

Assistance Meeting Point


Meet in the ticket office. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates or platform.

Height Adjusted Ticket Office Counter

There is a Low-Level counter here

Impaired Mobility Set Down

At the front of the station.

Lift Details

Lift 1, Footbridge to Platform 1
Operational Announcements : There are audio announcements provided outside and inside this lift
Lift Controls : Lift controls should be accessible to most people
Manoeuvrability : The lift is a through lift with no turning circle
Opening Width : Lift has clear door widths at least 0.9m wide

Lift 2, Footbridge to Platforms 2 & 3
Operational Announcements : There are audio announcements provided outside and inside this lift
Lift Controls : Lift controls should be accessible to most people
Manoeuvrability : The lift is a through lift with no turning circle
Opening Width : Lift has clear door widths at least 0.9m wide

Lifts

There are lifts

National Key Toilets

Yes

Passenger Assistance

Elstree & Borehamwood Passenger Assistance Meeting Point 0
Location :

Assistance Meeting Point


Meet in the ticket office. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates or platform.

Ramp For Train Access

Ramps are kept at this station to provide assistance

A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station.

Staff Help Available

Yes

Step Free Access

A, Compliant step-free access to all platform(s)

This is a Category A station: This station has step-free access to all platforms.

The Assistance Meeting Point is in the Booking Hall.

Step Free Category

A, Compliant step-free access to all platform(s)

Ticket Barriers

Yes

This station does not offer

Accessible Public Telephones, Escalator Information, Induction Loop, Nearest Accessible Stations, Wheelchairs Available

Contactless

Always check pay as you go with contactless is accepted at your destination before you tap in. For more information visit thameslinkrailway.com/contactless.

London Fare Zone

Zone 6

Oyster

Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station. Always check Oyster is accepted at your destination before you tap in.


Top-up at Ticket Machine

Penalty Fares

Applicable Operators: Thameslink

Prepurchase Collection

Collect from Ticket Machine

Smartcards

For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Thameslink website.


Validators Available

Ticket Machine

Yes

Ticket Machine Accessibility

Ticket buying and collection
Manoeuvring Space : There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair
Wheelchair Height : The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users

Ticket Office

Yes

This station does not offer

Travel Centre

Bus Services

Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.

Car Park - Station Car Park

Name : Station Car Park
Spaces : 200
CCTV : Yes
Free Parking : No
Operator : APCOA Parking UK
Telephone : 01895 262122

Cycle Storage Cctv

Yes

Cycle Storage Location

Outside main entrance near the car park.

Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.

Cycle Storage Sheltered

Yes

Cycle Storage Spaces

120 spaces

Cycle Storage Type

Stands

Cycle Storage Availability

Yes

Drop Off Pick Up

Drop-off Points
Point 1: Drop-off/pick-up
Same Side As Station: The drop-off and/or pick-up point is accessed via a controlled road crossing such as a pedestrian crossing
Waiting Area: This is a combined drop-off and pick-up point
Facility Type:
Car Capacity: There is space for more than 5 vehicles to drop-off and/or pick-up
Ramp Deployable:
Help Point: There is no Help Point close to the drop-off and/or pick-up point

Parking Spaces

200

Rail Replacement Maps

Rail Replacement Bus Map - Elstree & Borehamwood - https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/4msl41FACbYyvP1LZFvRdy/a837c488d7bf64a1350cfee395eac12a/2025-01_CI_TL_RRB_ELS_DR.pdf

Rail Replacement Services

Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.

Taxi Rank

There is taxi provision
Taxi rank
Configuration : Taxis pick up and drop off at this taxi rank
Same Side : The Taxi rank is on the same side as station
Covered : The taxi rank has set back shelters only
Ramp : Ramps cannot be deployed from the rear and side of a vehicle at this Taxi Rank
Help Point : There is no help point close to this taxi rank

This station does not offer

Airport, Car Hire, Cycle Hire, Port

Announcements

Announcements are made both visually and audibly

Help Points

There are Help Points

The Assistance Meeting Point is in the Booking Hall.


All Help Points have induction loops

Helpline

Staff are available at this station at all times for providing assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Assistance can be provided unbooked (turn up and go) or pre booked up to two hours before departure by contacting Assisted Travel.

Whether you pre book assistance or travel unbooked, please contact a member of staff on arrival. We recommend arriving 20 minutes prior to your train departing. This is to allow us to make sure arrangements are in place at your destination, or interchange, station such as the availability of staff and lifts. If there is insufficient time to check these arrangements, we may assist you onto the next available train.

For further information on assisted travel please see:

Accessibility at the station - Thameslink.

Information Available

Yes - from help point

Lost Property

If you have lost something at a Thameslink station or onboard a Thameslink train, please visit the Thameslink Website and use the webform to register your lost item.

Some Thameslink trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below). You should consider logging your lost item with them, just in case it's been handed in at one of their stations.

If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.

Staffing Level

Full time

This station does not offer

Customer Service, Left Luggage

CCTV

Yes

Information Points

There are information points

Information Services

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
24 Hours

Printed Local Information

There is accessible printed information available

Shops

Yes

Refreshment Facilities

Yes

Toilets

Located in the booking hall.

Waiting Room

Heated waiting rooms are available on each platform.

This station does not offer

Atm Machine, Baby Change, Bureau De Change, Defibrillator, First Class Lounge, Limited Service, Pay Phones, Post Box, Request Stop, Trolleys, WiFi

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