Reference
X410/2
Title
Plan of Ridgmont station, Bedford Railway
Duplicate of X410/1
Date free text
1925
Production date
From: 1925 To: 1925
Scope and Content
Scale: 40' to 1"
The signal box shown at the north east end had disappeared by 1938. The siding serving the Marston Valley Brickworks is not shown (this was almost opposite the signal box). The occupation crossing at the south west end is no longer used.
The land belonged to the Duke of Bedford who had a public house built just to the east of the crossing soon after the line was opened. This was and is known as the Bedford Arms, not shown on the map.
See letter from Thomas Bennett in the Woburn correspondence.
Station opened 17 Nov 1846. Still in use as of 1970.
Note: The Bedford-Bletchley line was not on the list prepared by Lord Beeching for closure, but the withdrawal of of passenger services was put forward by the British Railways Board in 1964. At a hearing at the Shire Hall in Bedford in Jul 1964 before the Transport Users' Consultative Committee, the Board's case was proved. The branch is however remaining open for passenger and freight traffic indefinitely as the alternative bus services cannot be arranged owing to staff shortage.
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