Luton Bute Street railway station

Luton Bute Street
4F 0-6-0 44414 heads The Cobbler special out of Luton Bute Street railway station to Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard and Northampton. 19 September 1964
Location
Place Luton
Operations
Original company Hertford, Luton & Dunstable Railway
Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1
History
1858 Opened
1965 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
UK Railways portal
Railways around Luton
Midland Main Line
Leagrave
Branch to Dunstable
Luton
Luton Bute Street
Luton Airport Parkway
Luton Airport(planned link)
Luton Hoo
Chiltern Green
Branch to Welwyn Garden City
Midland Main Line

Luton Bute Street railway station was the first to be built in Luton, England. It was opened by the Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Junction Railway Company in 1858, which was an extension of the Welwyn and Hertford Railway. The track to Welwyn was completed in 1860 and taken over by the Great Northern the following year.

History

It was valuable to Luton people not only for passengers but also for facilitating the London market for the town's trade in plaited straw goods. The station, and the line to Welwyn, closed in 1965.[1]

Following closure to passengers in 1965, the station buildings were quickly demolished despite the line remaining open for freight until 1989/1990. The site of the station was later used as a car park for Luton railway station. Throughout the years, various local pressure groups have been supportive of reopening the station as part of a viable branch line between Dunstable and Luton. In the mid-1990s, there was a debate about reopening it with either the operation of Diesel Class 158's or electric Class 319's.

The site has been redeveloped as the new Luton Gateway transport interchange on the Luton to Dunstable Busway guided busway system.

Routes

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Chaul End
Line and station closed		   Great Northern Railway
Dunstable Branch Line		   Luton Hoo
Line and station closed

See also

References

  1. ↑ Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books

Coordinates: 51°52′54″N 0°24′50″W / 51.8817°N 0.4139°W / 51.8817; -0.4139


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