Potton railway station

Potton
General information
Location	Potton, Central Bedfordshire England
Grid reference	TL219493
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Sandy and Potton Railway
Pre-grouping	Bedford and Cambridge Railway London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways (1948-1958) Eastern Region of British Railways (1958-1968)
Key dates
November 1857	Opened
January 1862	Closed
31 July 1862	Reopened
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.