Ayot railway station explained

Ayot
Status:Disused
Borough:Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn Hatfield
Country:England
Platforms:2
Original:Great Northern Railway
Pregroup:Great Northern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:2 July 1877
Events:Station opens as Ayott St Peters
Years1:1 April 1878
Events1:Station renamed Ayott
Years2:October 1878
Events2:Station renamed Ayot
Years3:26 July 1948
Events3:Station closes to passengers
Years4:1 May 1963
Events4:closed 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.

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.https://web.archive.org/web/20080725084749/http://enquire.hertscc.gov.uk/cms/explore/cycle/welwyn.htm

The site today

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CMS Cycle rides - A circular ride from Welwyn . 2009-01-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080725084749/http://enquire.hertscc.gov.uk/cms/explore/cycle/welwyn.htm . 25 July 2008 .