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Turvey railway station

Coordinates: 52°09′32″N 0°35′51″W / 52.1588°N 0.5975°W / 52.1588; -0.5975
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Turvey
General information
LocationTurvey, Bedford
England
Grid referenceSP960521
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBedford and Northampton Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish Railway
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
10 June 1872Opened
5 March 1962Closed to passengers
6 January 1964Goods facilities withdrawn

Turvey was a railway station on the Bedford to Northampton Line which served the village of Turvey from 1872 to 1962.

History

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Opened by the Bedford and Northampton Railway on 10 June 1872,[1][2] the station was a mile from the village of Turvey.[3][4] This was a result of the decision to route the line to the south of Turvey in order to avoid Turvey Abbey and the River Great Ouse.[5] The station was therefore sited near the main road away from the village.[5] However, a small hamlet developed around the station, including a public house called The Railway Inn.[6] An attractive stone building was provided with two platforms.[4][7] Two sidings looped from the Up line to reach a small goods yard, while a further siding just to the north served cattle pens.[3] A signal box stood at the Olney end of the Down platform.[8] Five trains each way ran on weekdays and none on Sundays.[9][10]

Serving a rural district with only 782 residents in 1901, traffic was light.[9] With the introduction of local bus services, passenger bookings fell from 13,207 in 1913 to 7,989 in 1922.[3] Closure of the station to passenger traffic came on 5 March 1962, leaving the goods yard to remain open for freight until 6 January 1964.[1][2][11] In its final years, the station saw few passengers.[6]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Olney
Line and station closed
  Midland Railway
Bedford to Northampton Line
  Bedford Midland
Line closed, station open

Present day

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The platforms have been demolished but the station building remains as offices used by LC Services Ltd which has redeveloped the rest of the site[12][13][6]

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), p. 236.
  2. ^ a b Quick (2009), p. 388.
  3. ^ a b c Mitchell & Smith (2004), fig. XI.
  4. ^ a b Cockman (1974), p. 43.
  5. ^ a b Cockman (1972), p. 264.
  6. ^ a b c Hinitt & Leigh (1994), p. 36.
  7. ^ Mitchell & Smith (2004), fig. 55.
  8. ^ Mitchell & Smith (2004), figs. 55-56.
  9. ^ a b Oppitz (2000), p. 139.
  10. ^ Cockman (1972), p. 265.
  11. ^ Clinker (1988), p. 138.
  12. ^ Oppitz (2000), p. 140.
  13. ^ Shannon (1996), p. 30.

Sources

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  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Clinker, C. R. (1988) [1978]. Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1980 (2nd ed.). Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 978-0-905466-91-0. OCLC 655703233.
  • Cockman, F.G. (Autumn 1972). "The Bedford and Northampton Railway". Bedfordshire Magazine. 13 (102): 262–265.
  • Cockman, F.G. (1974). The Railway Age in Bedfordshire. Vol. 53. Bedford: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society. ISBN 0-85155-035-5.
  • Hinitt, Michael; Leigh, Chris (September 1994). "Last years of the Bedford-Northampton line". Steam World (87): 32–37.
  • Mitchell, Victor E.; Smith, Keith A. (June 2004). Bedford to Wellingborough including Hitchin, Northampton and Higham Ferrers. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-314.
  • Oppitz, Leslie (2000). Lost Railways of the Chilterns. Lost Railways Series. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-85306-643-6.
  • Quick, Michael (2009) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (4th ed.). Oxford: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-901461-57-5. OCLC 612226077.
  • Shannon, Paul (1996) [1995]. Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and West Hertfordshire. British Railways Past and Present. Wadenhoe, Peterborough: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85895-073-0. No. 24.

Further reading

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  • Munby, G.F.W. (1908). Former days at Turvey. London: James Nisbet & Co. OL 16303077M.
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