Rail Travel

To plan your train and coach travel, visit Trainline.  This website provides details of routes, fares and journey times from more than 150 train and coach companies in 36 countries.

Local stations and train timetables

There are six rail stations in Milton Keynes, served by train operators as follows:

  • Milton Keynes Central - West Midlands Railway, London North Western, Avanti West Coast
  • Bletchley - West Midlands Railway, London North Western
  • Bow Brickhill - West Midlands Railway, London North Western
  • Fenny Stratford - West Midlands Railway, London North Western
  • Woburn Sands - West Midlands Railway, London North Western
  • Wolverton - West Midlands Railway, London North Western

Links to the timetables of the train operators are listed below that serve Milton Keynes. The web pages allow timetables to be downloaded, including creating personalised timetables.

Marston Vale Railway Line: Bedford - Bletchley

Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership

The Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership, formally established in November 2006, provides a means by which residents in the Marston Vale can get involved in their local railway. The Marston Vale train service provides an hourly train between Bedford and Bletchley, calling at places such as Stewartby, Lidlington, Ridgmont, and Woburn Sands; and the Community Rail Partnership is keen to see that the communities served by this service take full advantage of the benefits that it has to offer.

A Community Rail Partnership differs significantly from the traditional management of railways. Community Rail Partnerships are partnerships of interested organisations who work together to improve local rail services by taking a community-based approach, getting communities to be involved in their local railway. This work is led by a Community Rail Officer, who is hosted by one of the partner organisations.

The Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership consists of the Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity (who host the officer), Bedford Borough Council, Central Bedfordshire Council, Milton Keynes Council, London Midland Trains, Network Rail, Bedfordshire Association of Town and Parish Councils, and Bedford to Bletchley Rail Users Association. The aims of the partnership are:

  • To improve facilities for existing users
  • Generate new business for the line
  • Increase the number of people using the line for work and leisure
  • Ensuring the line has a long and financially-sustainable future

For more details, see the Marston Vale Community Rail website

East West Rail

East West Rail is a major project to establish a strategic railway connecting East Anglia with Central, Southern and Western England. Click on the link below for more information. http://www.eastwestrail.org.uk/

British Transport Police phone number: 0800 405040