Leagrave railway station

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Leagrave
Main station building
Location	Leagrave, Borough of Luton England
Grid reference	TL061241
Managed by	Thameslink
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	LEA
Classification	DfT category D
History
Opened	13 July 1868[1]
Passengers
2016/17	1.862 million
2017/18	1.868 million
2018/19	1.895 million
2019/20	1.812 million
2020/21	0.538 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t Railways around Luton
Legend
Midland Main Line Leagrave Branch to Dunstable Luton Luton Bute Street Luton Airport Parkway Luton Airport Luton DART (under construction) Luton Hoo Chiltern Green Branch to Welwyn Garden City Midland Main Line

Leagrave railway station is located in Leagrave, a suburb in the north of Luton in Bedfordshire, England. Leagrave station is situated on the Midland Main Line 33¾ miles (54 km) north of London St Pancras International. The station is managed by Thameslink, and is served by the Thameslink route.

History[]

The station was built by the Midland Railway in 1868 on the eastern side of Leagrave Village as part of the extension to St. Pancras line. Passenger services began on 13 July 1868.^[2]

The old Midland station buildings still exist, having been carefully restored in the 1980s.^[3] The station buildings underwent some further alteration in 2011 when ticket barriers were installed along with some external alteration to the façades where former windows were made into door ways. The buildings are locally listed as being of significant architectural merit.

Stationmasters[]

Facilities[]

Leagrave Station

Leagrave station is a commuter station serving Luton North and surrounding villages, it has seen an increase in passenger number of circa 25% over the period 2010 to 2015 to 1.9million passengers per annum. There is a newsagent and toilet facilities on platform 4, an independent coffee shop on platform 1 a taxi rank outside platform 4 and a minicab office outside the station adjacent to the main building. Car parking can be found on both sides of the station. The station is staffed during the day and evening.

There is a free Council car park besides Leagrave Common ground just 10 minutes walking distance from Leagrave station towards Sundon Park.

There are two entrances to the station, the main entrance via the original station buildings is from Station Road adjacent to the junction with Capron Road. The other entrance next to the southbound tracks on platform one, can be accessed from Grange Avenue.

The station has a PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together for a cheaper price. It is in the same area as Luton and Luton Parkway stations.

Services[]

Photo of Leagrave Railway station, taken from Compton Avenue in Leagrave Village

All services at Leagrave are operated by Thameslink on the Thameslink Route using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[10]

• 4 tph to Bedford
• 2 tph to Brighton via Gatwick Airport
• 2 tph to Gatwick Airport via Redhill

During the peak hours, there are additional services to East Grinstead and Littlehampton.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Harlington		Thameslink Thameslink		Luton

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leagrave railway station.

• Train times and station information for Leagrave railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 51°54′19″N 0°27′31″W / 51.905205°N 0.458625°W / 51.905205; -0.458625