Dunstable North railway station

The station became the hub of a number of sidings connecting a variety of concerns to the line, including Waterlows, Bedfordshire County Council, Associated Portland Cement, Dunstable gasworks and a coal yard operated by the Great Northern.

Connections were retained with the cement works and coal yard, which became an oil depot, until 1988 and the line eventually closed in 1991.

[7] The delay in opening the new station was caused by protracted negotiations between the two railway companies as to who would bear the costs of construction.

[12] A rail-served Bedfordshire County Council depot was situated on the other side of the level crossing immediately to the north of the running lines.

[14] Due to subsidence a new 50-lever signal box replaced the LNWR one from 16 August 1958; it was only to have a short life as closure came just over a decade later on 23 March 1969.

[18] The former Great Northern coal yard became an oil storage depot in October 1968 which, together with the cement works, was served by between one and three trains daily.

[24][25] What remains of the line to the west has become part of the 3.5 km (2.2 mi) Sewell greenway from French's Avenue to just short of Stanbridgeford.