Ayot railway station

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Ayot
Ayot Railway Station.jpg
The station in the early twentieth century
General information
Location Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn Hatfield
England
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Great Northern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 July 1877Station opens as Ayott St Peters
1 April 1878Station renamed Ayott
October 1878Station renamed Ayot
26 July 1948Station closes to passengers
1 May 1963closed for goods traffic

Ayot was a railway station serving Ayot St Peter near Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England. It was on the branch line to Dunstable.

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History

Opened by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 but was closed by British Railways that year when the station was destroyed by fire and never rebuilt.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Wheathampstead   Great Northern Railway
Dunstable Branch
  Welwyn Garden City

The site today

The trackbed is now part of a local rail trail called Ayot Greenway. [1]

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References

  1. "CMS Cycle rides - A circular ride from Welwyn". Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2009.

Coordinates: 51°48′54″N0°13′46″W / 51.81503°N 0.22935°W / 51.81503; -0.22935