Three Counties railway station
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Parameter validation".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "check for deprecated parameters". Three Counties railway station is a disused railway station near Arlesey in Bedfordshire, England. It served the southern environs of Arlesey. These included the Three Counties Lunatic Asylum, which was finally subsequently known as the Fairfield Hospital. The station was north of Hitchin on the "London-Peterborough" line. It opened in 1866, and closed to passengers in 1959.
History
The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) on 1 April 1866, originally being named Arlesey Siding.[1] On 1 July 1886, the station was renamed Three Counties,[1][2] taking its new name from the nearby Three Counties Asylum, which itself was so named because it was a joint project of three counties - Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.[3][4]
The GNR became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
The station was closed to passengers, together with the adjacent Arlesey station, on 5 January 1959[1][2] and goods on 28 November 1960.[5] This was due to declining receipts. Arlesey, however, later re-opened.
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| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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| Hitchin Line and station open |
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