Stanbridgeford | |
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General information | |
Location | Stanbridge, Central Bedfordshire England |
Grid reference | SP970230 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Dunstable & London & Birmingham Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
October 1849 | Opened |
2 July 1962 | Closed to passengers |
1 June 1964 | Closed to goods |
Stanbridgeford railway station on the London and North Western Railway's branch line to Dunstable served the Bedfordshire villages of Stanbridge, Totternhoe, Eaton Bray and Tilsworth from 1849 to 1964. Once popular with visitors to the nearby Totternhoe Knolls and ramblers, the station closed against a background of falling passenger numbers and declining freight returns. The station building has survived into private ownership, but a section of the alignment to the east and west of the site has been taken into the A505 Leighton Southern Bypass. National Cycle Network route 6 runs to the east over the bypass as far as the outskirts of Dunstable.