Chiltern Green railway station was built by the
Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It am ...
in 1868 on its extension to
St. Pancras.
The station was located in
New Mill End but took its name from the small hamlet of
Chiltern Green
Chiltern Green is a hamlet located in Bedfordshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Hyde.
The settlement lent its name to Chiltern Green railway station, which was located in nearby New Mill End. The railway station closed in 1952. Toda ...
about a mile away. Adjacent to it was the
GNR station of
Luton Hoo
Luton Hoo is an English country house and Estate (land), estate near Luton in Bedfordshire and Harpenden in Hertfordshire. Most of the estate lies within the civil parish of Hyde, Bedfordshire. The Old English language, Saxon word wikt:hoo#Etym ...
also located in New Mill End. The small hamlet of New Mill End is unique in having two railway stations (Chiltern Green and Luton Hoo) neither of which, after 1 December 1891, were named after the village they served. The two lines ran side by side at this point: the Midland into
Luton Midland Road and the GNR from
Hatfield into
Luton Bute Street.
The station closed in 1952 due to competition from Luton Hoo station, only away. Ironically, the
branch line
A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line.
Industrial spur
An industri ...
between and , which Luton Hoo was on, closed in 1965, meaning that New Mill End was no longer served by a local railway station.
The station buildings survive to this day as a private home. The platform on the station building side partly survives but is overgrown and difficult to see when passing in a train. The other platform was removed when the line was electrified.
Stationmasters
*W. Barker 1870 - 1873
*F. Christian 1873 - 1875
*G. Evans 1875 - 1881
*W.H. Higginson 1881 - 1888
[
*R. Cotterill 1888 - 1890][
*David Gilliver 1890 - 1893][ - 1922
*F.J. Aldridge 1922 -
*F. Butler until 1933 (also station master at Luton, afterwards station master at Walsall)
*A.J. Hawkrigg until 1937]
References
Former Midland Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952
Disused railway stations in Bedfordshire
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