Editing Elstree (section)

=== Elstree and Borehamwood railway station ===
[[File:Elstree railway station geograph-2206485.jpg|thumb| Northbound steam train passing through [[Elstree & Borehamwood railway station]] on 27 March 1954]]
[[Elstree & Borehamwood railway station]] is on the [[Midland Main Line]] between [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]] and [[Bedford railway station|Bedford]]. It was built by the [[Midland Railway]] in 1868, and is located just north of the {{convert|1072|yd|m|adj=mid|-long}} Elstree Tunnels.<ref>E. A. Labrum, ''Civil engineering heritage: Eastern and central England'', Publisher Thomas Telford, 1994, {{ISBN|0-7277-1970-X}}, 9780727719706, 282 pages ([https://books.google.com/books?id=Offfz1NSDt0C&dq=%22Midland+Railway%22+1868+elstree&pg=PA197 page 197])</ref>

The area of Borehamwood to the west of the railway line, formally [[Deacon's Hill]], is colloquially called ''Elstree'' even though it is not contiguous with the village. [[Elstree South tube station|Elstree South Underground station]] was due to be an extension of the [[Northern line]], planned in the 1930s, but never completed.