Elstree &amp; Borehamwood railway stationElstree &amp; Borehamwood railway station Elstree & Borehamwood railway station Elstree & Borehamwood railway station is a railway station in the town of Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. It primarily serves Borehamwood as well as the nearby village of Elstree, to the south-west. The station is situated on the Midland Main Line, down the line from London St Pancras and is situated between to the south and to the north. Its three-letter station code is ELS. Elstree & Borehamwood is also the first station down the line that is located outside the Greater London area; however, it is still within London's Travelcard zone area, and is located  in Zone 6. The station is served by Thameslink-operated trains on the Thameslink route. History. In 1862: On 22 June 1863, the Midland Railway (Extension to London) Bill was passed: Situated north of the Elstree Tunnels, it was built by the Midland Railway as simply "Elstree" in 1868 when it built its extension to St Pancras station. By the 1920s, it had been renamed Elstree and Boreham Wood station. It was modernised in 1959. The station was renamed from "Elstree & Borehamwood" to "Elstree" on 6 May 1974, but reverted to "Elstree & Borehamwood" by mid 1988. A new footbridge and  step-free lifts, installed under Network Rail's Access for All programme, opened on 1 October 2014 in order to make Elstree & Borehamwood entirely step-free. Services. The typical off-peak service from the station is six trains per hour (tph) southbound to London Blackfriars, of which: Northbound there are six trains per hour to St Albans, two of which continue to Luton. On Sundays this is reduced to two trains per hour before midday, but upped to four trains per hour afterwards, two of which continue to Luton. Some evening services are extended to Bedford. Night services operate to  Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges and Brighton. East Midlands Railway InterCity services from Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester run through at high speed, but do not stop. Interchange with InterCity services can be made at Luton Airport Parkway or Luton and St Pancras International. Elstree & Borehamwood railway station Elstree & Borehamwood railway station is a railway station in the town of Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. It primarily serves Borehamwood as well as the nearby village of Elstree, to the south-west. The station is situated on the Midland Main Line, down the line from London St Pancras and is situated between to