Three Counties railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Three Counties


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locale = England
borough = Bedfordshire
line = Great Northern Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
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years = 1 April 1866
events = Station opens as Arlesey Siding
years1 = 1 July 1886
events1 = Station renamed Three Counties
years2 = 5 January 1959
events2 = Station closes

Three Counties railway station served the southern area of Arlesey in Bedfordshire, England. This included the Arlesey Three Counties Lunatic Asylum, latterly known as the Arlesey Hospital and finally the Fairfield Hospital (Arlesey). The station was north of London Kings Cross on the "London-Peterborough" line.

This station was closed, together with the adjacent Arlesey station, to passengers on 5 January 1959 and goods on 28 November 1960 (source: Bedfordshire Libraries). This was not as a result of the "Beeching Report", which was not published until 1963, but was due rather to declining receipts.

History

Opened by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board.

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rail line
previous = Hitchin
next = Arlesey
route = London and North Eastern Railway
Great Northern Railway
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