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Plan of Leicester & Hitchin Railway 46 to 48 miles (approximately) Parishes: Bedford St Paul, Bedford St Mary, Elstow, Cardington Exact distance: 45 miles 70 chains to 48 miles 40 chains

1852

From: 1852 To: 1858

Site of Bedford (Midland Road) station opened 1858. Land acquired 10 Mar 1858; Ampthill Road is shown as being diverted 5 chains to the south, crossing the LNWR triangle (still in existence in 1970 though modified) and the Bedford Railway on the level (sanctioned by the Board of Trade). At this point was the signal which was the direct cause of the accident in 1875 Note the diversion of Elstow Road to go over a bridge, the Mile Road bridge, and the London Road bridge Landowners: J B Trapp; Robert Elliott and others; Reverend A Pulley; Mayor etc., of Bedford; T A Gree[n]; G P Livius; Theed Pearse; Duke of Bedford; Reverend T Bouwens; St John's Hospital; William Dent; W H Whitbread; J S Cranfield

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London and North Western Railway,
Bedford Railway Company,
Trapp, J.B.,
Elliott, Robert,
Pulley, Anthony,
Green, T A,
Livius, George Peter,
Pearse, Theed,
Duke of Bedford,
Bouwens, Theodore,
Dent, William,
Whitbread, William Henry,
Cranfield, J.S.

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