Lidlington railway station

Lidlington
The former station building at Lidlington station, now a private home.
Location	Lidlington, Central Bedfordshire England
Coordinates	52°02′31″N 0°33′32″W / 52.042°N 0.559°W / 52.042; -0.559Coordinates: 52°02′31″N 0°33′32″W / 52.042°N 0.559°W / 52.042; -0.559
Grid reference	SP989391
Managed by	London Northwestern Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LID
Classification	DfT category F2
Passengers
2016/17	27,326
2017/18	27,510
2018/19	26,888
2019/20	19,628
2020/21	3,606
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Lidlington railway station serves the village of Lidlington in Bedfordshire, England. The station's two platforms once faced each other, either side of the double tracks. This has since been modified to have staggered platforms either side of the level crossing in order to reduce the time the barriers spend down.

The former station building is now a private home.

History[]

Opened in 1846 by the Bedford Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 Grouping. The station passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.^[1]

Lidlington station had a station building, one of four of the same design that are unique to this line. The station building is in a half-timbered Gothic Revival style that had been insisted upon by the 7th Duke of Bedford for stations close to the Woburn Estate. The station building is now a private home.^[1]

Services[]

An hourly service operates in each direction on weekdays & Saturdays, to Bedford eastbound and Bletchley westbound. There is no Sunday service.^[2] Services are operated by Class 230 multiple units.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Ridgmont		London Northwestern Railway Marston Vale Line Mondays-Saturdays only		Millbrook

Community Rail Partnership[]

Lidlington station, in common with others on the Marston Vale Line, is covered by the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,^[3] which aims to increase use of the line by involving local people.

References[]

External links[]

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

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