Tempsford railway station


Tempsford railway station was a railway station built by the Great Northern Railway to serve the village of Tempsford in Bedfordshire, England.

History

The Great Northern Railway main line from London to had opened in 1850 including stations at and. A station between these, named Tempsford, was opened on 1 January 1863. It was located from.
The station closed on 5 November 1956.

Potential reopening

In January 2019, the East West Railway company announced a number of options for a new route for the BedfordCambridge sector of their planned OxfordCambridge railway line. In January 2020, the company announced that it had selected a route that would cross the ECML "in the Tempsford area", bypassing both Sandy railway station and St Neots railway station.

Route