The Bedford–Hitchin line was a branch of the Midland Railway which served stations at Cardington, Southill, Shefford and Henlow Camp in Bedfordshire, England.
[2] In 1862, the GNR formally evicted the Midland from the overcrowded sidings at King's Cross, which prompted it to seek an alternative through route to London of its own.
[4] The last passenger train departed from Hitchin at 19:00 on Saturday 30 December 1961, and goods services were withdrawn in 1964, the same year that scenes for the film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines were shot near Warden Tunnel, using an ex-Highland Railway locomotive and set of coaches disguised as a train of France's Chemin de Fer du Nord.
The station building at Southill has been converted into a private residence, with the platform area, sidings and cattle pen now incorporated into the garden.
The site of Henlow Camp station has been obliterated by redevelopment, and Shefford Industrial Park also covers part of the trackbed.