Dunstable North | |
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 Looking NW on A5 at site of former Dunstable North station, 1990 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire England |
| Grid reference | TL012227 |
| Platforms | 3 |
| 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 | |
| 1 June 1848 | Opened as Dunstable |
| January 1866 | Rebuilt 90m north |
| 25 September 1950 | Renamed Dunstable North |
| 26 April 1965 | Closed to passengers |
| 9 October 1967 | Closed to goods |
Dunstable North was a railway station on the London and North Western Railway's branch line from Leighton Buzzard which served Dunstable in Bedfordshire from 1848 to 1967. Originally the terminus of the London and North Western Railway's branch line from Leighton Buzzard, Dunstable became the point where the line met with the Great Northern's branch line from Luton in 1858. The station became the hub of a number of sidings connecting a variety of concerns to the line, including Waterlows, Bedfordshire County Council, Associated Portland Cement, Dunstable gasworks and a coal yard operated by the Great Northern. Against a background of falling passenger numbers and declining freight returns, the station closed to passengers in 1965 and to goods in 1967. Connections were retained with the cement works and coal yard, which became an oil depot, until 1988 and the line eventually closed in 1991. The site of the station is now occupied by offices of Central Bedfordshire Council (previously the headquarters of South Bedfordshire District Council). A section of the former line to the west of the site has become part of route 6 of the National Cycle Network.