Subsequent Use of The Line
Within Leighton Buzzard, the line is now used as a footpath and cycleway which crosses the Grand Union Canal and River Ouzel. Between Leighton Buzzard and Stanbridgeford, it was used to build part of the A505 Leighton-Linslade Southern Bypass. National Cycle Route 6 follows the line between Stanbridgeford and Dunstable, including Sewell Cutting (51°53′39″N 0°33′03″W / 51.8943°N 0.5508°W / 51.8943; -0.5508 (Sewell Cutting)) which is managed as a nature reserve by the local Wildlife Trust.
The line between Dunstable and Luton has never been legally decommissioned, the track has now been removed, to make way for the new Luton to Dunstable Busway, which will run as far as Dunstable Town and then divert via the old cement works, a railway heritage centre called South Bedfordshire Railway are planning on opening a small railway from north of Dunstable Town to Dunstable North with plans to go west to Leighton Buzzard. The Lea Valley Walk follows the line between Luton Hoo and Harpenden. East of Wheathampstead, heading towards Welwyn Garden City, the trackbed was converted to a path called the Ayot Greenway.
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