Kempston & Elstow Halt | |
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_(geograph_3386034).jpg) The site of the station in 2012 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Kempston, Bedford England |
| Grid reference | TL042471 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1905 | Opened (Kempston Halt) |
| January 1908 | Renamed (Kempston & Elstow Halt) |
| 1 January 1917 | Temporary closure |
| 5 May 1919 | Reopened |
| 5 May 1941 | Temporary closure[1] |
| 7 February 1949 | Official closure[2] |
Kempston & Elstow Halt was a railway station on the Varsity Line which served the Bedfordshire town of Kempston in England. Opened in 1905, it was closed temporarily during both world wars and did not reopen after 1941, being officially closed in 1949.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 130.
- ^ Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 164. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.