Bedford St Johns railway station

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Bedford St Johns

The station, looking east

Location

Place

Bedford

Local authority

Bedford

Operations

Managed by

London Midland

Platforms in use

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

470

2005/06 *

361

History

1846

Opened

1960s

Varsity Line and Hitchin lines close

1984

Location moved

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bedford St Johns from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Bedford St Johns railway station is one of the two railway stations that serve the town of Bedford in Bedfordshire. It is located on the Marston Vale line from Bletchley to Bedford (Midland).

The current railway station consists of a single platform with a shelter. The current station site is relatively new - formerly, up until 1984, the station was situated further to the east and was a terminus for the line from Bletchley. The decision was then taken to demolish that dilapidated structure and rebuild a basic station on the curve that linked the Marston Vale line to the Midland station, thereby making a connection between the two lines at Bedford, which had been lost since the Varsity Line lost its through trains in the 1960s. The connection between the Marston Vale and Bedford Midland station runs over the route of the former Hitchin branch, which until its closure in the 1960s crossed the Varsity line by means of a flat crossing.

[edit] Services

The station is served by London Midland local services from Bletchley to Bedford. Services are operated using Class 150/1 diesel multiple units.

Monday to Saturdays, there is generally an hourly service to Bletchley (westbound) and to Bedford Midland (eastbound) with no Sunday service.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kempston Hardwick		London Midland Marston Vale Line		Bedford

[edit] See also

Bedford's main railway station, which has First Capital Connect services to London and Brighton and East Midlands Trains services to London and the north is Bedford railway station. It was originally known as "Bedford Midland".