- Dunstable Town railway station
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Dunstable Town Location Place Dunstable Area Central Bedfordshire Operations Original company Great Northern Railway Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway Platforms 1 History 1 October 1860 Opened as Dunstable Church Street 1 January 1927 Renamed Dunstable Town 26 April 1965 Closed Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZDunstable Town railway station (originally Dunstable Church Street) was a station on the Great Northern Railway branch line from Hatfield. It served the town of Dunstable until the passenger service ceased in 1965 under the Beeching axe.
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History
A 1902 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Dunstable Town (upper left, shown here as Church Street)
The station opened on 1 October 1860, being named Dunstable Church Street. It was renamed Dunstable Town on 1 January 1927, and closed on 26 April 1965.[1]
The line has never been legally decommissioned between Luton and Dunstable, although it is no longer in use. Dunstable is now one of the largest towns in south-east England without a railway connection.[2] The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song "Slow Train" by Flanders and Swann. The station was on Station Road.
There was also a nearby station at Dunstable North on the same line.
Other stations
Other stations on the branch include:
References
- Steam World magazine, June 2006
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 86. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
- ^ Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service, British Railways Board.
External links
Coordinates: 51°53′12″N 0°30′38″W / 51.8866°N 0.5106°W
Closed railway stations in Bedfordshire Midland Main Line Varsity Line Husborne Crawley Halt · Wootton Broadmead Halt · Kempston and Elstow Halt · Bedford St John's (1st) · Willington · Blunham · Girtford Halt · Sandy (LNWR) · PottonBedford to Hitchin Line Cardington · Cardington Workmen's Platform · Southill · Shefford · Henlow CampDunstable Branch Line Other lines Categories:- Transport in Luton/Dunstable Urban Area
- Dunstable
- Disused railway stations in Bedfordshire
- Railway stations opened in 1860
- Railway stations closed in 1965
- Beeching closures in England
- East of England railway station stubs
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