Leighton Buzzard Urban District Leighton Buzzard Urban District Leighton Buzzard was an urban district in Bedfordshire, England from 1894 to 1965. It comprised the single civil parish of Leighton Buzzard. The urban district was created in 1894 from the abolution of the Leighton Buzzard urban sanitary district. In 1933 the Eaton Bray Rural District was abolished and the area transferred to enlarge Leighton Buzzard UD. As part of a county boundary change in 1965 Leighton Buzzard UD was abolished along with Linslade Urban District in Buckinghamshire and the new Bedfordshire urban district of Leighton-Linslade was created. The parish comprising the town of Leighton Buzzard
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Leighton Buzzard Light Railway. The line follows Hill Cart Road, which is part of National Highway 110. The track is on the roadside for long stretches, and both track and road might be blocked by a rockslide. Since a length of the road is flanked with buildings, the railway line often resembles urban tramway tracks. To warn pedestrians and drivers of an approaching train, engines are equipped with very loud horns which train drivers sound their horn almost constantly. A major difficulty faced by the DHR was the steepness of the terrain. Loops and zig-zags were incorporated along the route