Originally named Harpenden, the East suffix was added in 1950[1] to distinguish it from the Midland Railway station.
The line was single track with a crossing loop at Harpenden East.
An intermediate station on the Great Northern Railway branch line between Hatfield and Dunstable Town, it opened in 1860 and closed in 1965.
Since closure the station has been demolished and both the site and the line in the immediate area have had housing built.
This article about a railway station in the East of England is a stub.