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Turvey railway station

Turvey
General information
Location	Turvey, Bedford England
Grid reference	SP960521
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Bedford and Northampton Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
10 June 1872	Opened
5 March 1962	Closed to passengers
6 January 1964	Goods facilities withdrawn

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

History[edit]

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]Asignal 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]

Present day[edit]

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[edit]

Notes[edit]

Sources[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

External links[edit]

• Station on a 1947 O.S, Map
• The railway in Turvey

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