IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Old Station Court, BEDFORD, MK44 3PN
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Old Station Court, MK44 3PN by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (21 Images Found)
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Blunham Station
View westward, towards Bedford; ex-LNW (Bletchley) - Bedford - Cambridge line. The station and line were closed completely on 1/1/68, only the section Bedford - Bletchley of the important cross-country link being left.
Further information on the railway and more photos of the station before and after closure can be found at http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/blunham/index.shtml
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 16 Apr 1961
0.03 miles
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Varsity Line
The Varsity Line connected Oxford and Cambridge and train services ran on the section between Bedford and Cambridge until the end of 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Line. Plans are underway to reopen the line in stages between Oxford and Cambridge, and the route is now known as East West Rail.
Some local authorities have taken steps to protect disused rail routes. Hence much of the original alignment between Oxford and Bedford will be/is being reused as it was because it was not built over in the meantime. However, there are several places between Bedford and Cambridge where the old route has been built over, and consequently a completely fresh route is likely to be constructed for this section.
This one of several houses in Old Station Court, Blunham which have been built on the Varsity Line alignment. More details of the old station for this village http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/blunham/index.shtml
More details of future plans for East West Rail are available from https://www.eastwestrail.org.uk/central-section-overview/
Image: © Andrew Bodman
Taken: 10 Sep 2018
0.04 miles
3
Blunham station (remains), 1990
View northward to the former level-crossing over the ex-LNWR Bletchley - Bedford (to left) - Cambridge (to right) line, which closed from 1/1/68. The station house is on the left. My Honda Accord is prominent in the foreground.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 19 Feb 1990
0.06 miles
6
Entering Blunham
Heading north on Station Road.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 15 Aug 2015
0.10 miles
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Stubble field and hedgerow
Beside Blunham Road.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 15 Aug 2015
0.16 miles
