Remains of the station dwarfed by the airship sheds
General information
Location
Cardington, Borough of Bedford England
Grid reference
TL084473
Platforms
1
Other information
Status
Disused
History
Original company
Midland Railway
Pre-grouping
Midland Railway
Post-grouping
London, Midland and Scottish Railway London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
8 May 1857[1]
Opened
1 January 1962[2]
Closed
Listed Building – Grade II
Feature
Cardington Railway Station
Designated
17 May 1984
Reference no.
1114153[3]
Cardington airship hangars in 1962
Cardington was a railway station on the Bedford to Hitchin Line which served the village of Cardington in Bedfordshire, England. Opened in 1857, it gave more than a century of service before closing in 1962.
^Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 53.
^Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. p. 25. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
^Historic England, "Cardington Railway Station (1114153)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 March 2021
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