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Leighton Buzzard Light Railway Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Arnold, John, & Sons Ltd
  • Garside, George, (Sand) Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, East of England, England

Sectors:

  • Transport services Private inc industrial railways
  • Transport services Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways
  • Extraction Sand & gravel extraction inc dredging

Notes:

Established as a light railway by two main sand quarry owners, Joseph Arnold & Sons Ltd and George Garside (Sand) Ltd, to serve local quarries. Opened 1919. Owned by Arnolds from 1963. Developed from 1968 as a heritage railway and closed for sand movement in 1981

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