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Luton Dunstable Busway: Structural Recording |
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Albion Archaeology unpublished report series
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
During August 2010 a project team from Albion Archaeology carried out a Level 2 (English Heritage 2006) historic structures survey at the Luton Dunstable branch railway line in advance of preparations for the construction of the Luton Dunstable guided busway. The work was commissioned by BAM Nutall. The route of the busway will largely follow the line of the disused railway between Luton and Dunstable. As part of construction works the former railway track, bridges and various structures along the route will be removed, whilst ground works and landscaping will impact on the cuttings and embankments. The report is concerned with the structural record of the railway and provides an account of its state of preservation and survival of the railway components, infrastructure and fixtures and fittings at the time of the survey. The infrastructure of the line began to be dismantled from its partial closure in 1965 onwards. Today virtually none of the signals, signal boxes or any other fixtures and fittings survive. Only a few isolated examples are still in evidence on National Rail land east of Luton Station and along the line and are discussed in the text. Dunstable Town station and Luton Bute Street station have been completely demolished. The line itself continued to be serviced and repaired until 1992. A large section of track between Skimpot Road, Dunstable and Luton Town football club was completely replaced and moved several meters to the north in conjunction with the construction of the Hatters Way in the 1980s. None of the bridges are original, a small number in Luton centre date to the 19th century but the majority were replaced in the 20th century. |
Author: |
H Cooper-Reade
Christiane Meckseper
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Publisher: |
Albion Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Central Bedfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2010
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Locations: |
Site: |
Luton Dunstable Busway |
Parish: |
LUTON |
District: |
Luton |
County: |
Bedfordshire |
Country: |
England |
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Luton |
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Hatters Way |
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Skimpot Road Dunstable |
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Dunstable |
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Luton Bute Street |
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Luton Dunstable |
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Luton Dunstable Busway |
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Luton Station |
Grid Reference: 510070, 220850 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(Historic England Periods)
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NONE
(Find)
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20TH CENTURY
(Historic England Periods)
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Railway Bridges
(Monus)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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Railway Bridges
(Monus)
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20TH CENTURY
(Historic England Periods)
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Signal
(Monus)
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20TH CENTURY
(Historic England Periods)
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Telegraph Poles
(Monus)
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20th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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BUILDING SURVEY
(Event)
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19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
albionar1-142025 |
OBIB: |
2010/71 |
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Created Date: |
28 Nov 2016 |