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Girtford Halt
General information
LocationSandy, Central Bedfordshire
England
Grid referenceTL164503
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 January 1938[1]Opened as Girtford
July 1938Renamed Girtford Halt
17 November 1940Closed to passengers
1 November 1951[2]Closed to goods

Girtford Halt was a short-lived railway halt on the Varsity Line which served the Girtford area of Sandy in Bedfordshire, England. It was opened by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1938, but closed to passenger traffic two years later in 1940. The line itself closed in 1968, and the site of the railway station has been obliterated by a roundabout.

  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 177.
  2. ^ 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. 52. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.

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