Luton Bute Street railway station
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Luton Bute Street railway station was built by the Luton, Dunstable and Welwyn Junction Railway Company in 1858, which was an extension of the Welwyn and Hertford Railway. The track to Welwyn was completed in 1860 and taken over by the Great Northern the following year.
It was valuable to Luton people not only for passengers but facilitating the London market for the town's trade in plaited straw goods. The station, and the line to Welwyn, closed in 1965. The line to Dunstable remained open for freight until 1990, and is presently earmarked for a guided busway scheme.
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