Potton railway station

Potton
General information
LocationPotton, Central Bedfordshire
England
Grid referenceTL219493
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companySandy and Potton Railway
Pre-groupingBedford and Cambridge Railway
London and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways (1948-1958)
Eastern Region of British Railways (1958-1968)
Key dates
November 1857Opened
January 1862Closed
31 July 1862Reopened
1 January 1966[1]Closed to goods
1 January 1968[2]Closed to passengers

Potton was a railway station on the Varsity Line which served the small town of the same name in Bedfordshire. Opened in 1857 as part of Sir William Peel's Sandy and Potton Railway, the station was initially situated further south near the Biggleswade Road. Upon being taken over by the Bedford and Cambridge Railway in 1862 a new station was opened which remained in service for over one hundred years before closing in 1968. The station building has survived and is now a private house.

  1. ^ Clinker 1978, p. 112.
  2. ^ Butt 1995, p. 190.