Dunstable Town | |
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General information | |
Location | Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire England |
Grid reference | TL026219 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Hertford, Luton and Dunstable Railway Great Northern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway London Midland Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
3 May 1858 | Opened as Dunstable Church Street |
1 January 1927 | Renamed Dunstable Town |
7 December 1964 | Goods facilities withdrawn |
26 April 1965 | Closed to passenger traffic |
17 January 1987 | Last train calls at station |
Dunstable Town, also known as Dunstable Church Street, was a railway station on the Great Northern Railway's branch line from Welwyn which served Dunstable in Bedfordshire from 1858 to 1965. Against a background of falling passenger numbers and declining freight returns, the station closed to passengers in 1965 and to goods in 1964, a casualty of the Beeching Axe. The station site is now in use as part of the Luton to Dunstable Busway.