Leighton Buzzard railway station
Leighton Buzzard London Northwestern Railway | |||||
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Platforms | 4 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | LBZ | ||||
Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | London and Birmingham Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
9 April 1838 | Opened as Leighton | ||||
14 February 1859 | Rebuilt 160m to the south | ||||
1 July 1911 | Renamed Leighton Buzzard | ||||
6 February 1967 | Goods services withdrawn | ||||
September 1989 | Rebuilt | ||||
Passengers | |||||
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Leighton Buzzard railway station serves the towns of
History
The first station simply known as Leighton was opened by the
In May 1848, the station became a junction when a
The LNWR was absorbed by the
In 1957–1958 the platform buildings were rebuilt and a concrete awning placed over the platform. At the entrance a larger booking / waiting hall, central heating, electric lighting and the cycle storage, parcels and loading bay were improved.[11][full citation needed]
The
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Motive power depot
The London and North Western Railway opened a small motive power depot at the south end of the station in 1859. This was reroofed in 1957 but closed 5 November 1962 and was demolished.[15]
Services
Current services
All services at Leighton Buzzard are operated by London Northwestern Railway.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[16]
- 4 tph to London Euston (2 of these are stopping services, 1 calls at Watford Junction only and 1 runs non-stop)
- 2 tph to Milton Keynes Central
- 2 tph to Birmingham New Street via Northampton
During the peak hours, the station is served by a number of additional services between London Euston and Bletchley.
Former services
Connex South Central
In June 1997,
Southern
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Bletchley | London Northwestern Railway |
Cheddington or Watford Junction or London Euston | ||
Previous services | ||||
West London Line | ||||
Disused railways | ||||
Terminus | London and North Western Railway | Line and station closed |
Interchange
Leighton Buzzard station is served by several local buses. The F70 and F77 bus route, operated by
Reinstating the connection to Luton
There have been past proposals about reopening the former line to Dunstable as either a rail link or as a guided busway,[26] before little of its route had been lost to new construction, Although there is now a guided busway between Dunstable and Luton, much of the Leighton Buzzard to Dunstable section was lost to the Leighton Buzzard Southern Bypass road.
Accidents and incidents
On 22 March 1931, a passenger train was derailed due to excessive speed through a crossover. Six people were killed.[27]
References
- ^ Butt 1995, p. 141.
- ^ Leleux 1984, p. 19.
- ^ a b Simpson 1998, p. 7.
- ^ Oppitz 2000, p. 100.
- ^ Woodward & Woodward 2008, fig. 2.
- ^ Woodward & Woodward 2008, fig. 4.
- ^ a b c Simpson 1998, p. 83.
- ^ Leleux 1984, p. 240.
- ^ Simpson 1998, p. 36.
- ^ "A Celebration – 100 Years of the SAFA" (PDF). p. 17. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ The Railway Magazine. December 1957. p. 883.
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(help) - ^ Oppitz 2000, pp. 99–100.
- ^ Clinker 1978, p. 75.
- ^ Shannon 1995, p. 70.
- ISBN 0 86093 542 6.
- ^ Table 66 National Rail timetable, December 2022
- Rail Magazine. No. 305. 21 May 1997. p. 10.
- Rail Express. No. 15. August 1997. p. 7.
- ^ New Timetable means more services to and from Euston Network Rail 14 December 2008
- ^ "Southern extends to Milton Keynes". The Railway Magazine. No. 1296. April 2009. p. 10.
- ^ Changes to National Rail Timetable National Rail 15 May 2022
- ^ "F70 Timetable". bustimes. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "F77 Timetable". bustimes. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Routes & Timetables". Busway. Luton Borough Council. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Bus timetables and bus routes". centralbedfordshire.gov.uk. Central Bedfordshire Council. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Report calls for busway extension to Leighton Buzzard and Cheddington". Leighton Buzzard Observer. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Hall 1990, p. 97.
Sources
- OL 11956311M.
- Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830–1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
- Hall, Stanley (1990). The Railway Detectives. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1929-0.
- Leleux, Robin (1984) [1976]. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The East Midlands (Volume 9). Newton Abbot, Devon: David St. John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-06-8.
- Oppitz, Leslie (2000). Lost Railways of the Chilterns (Lost Railways Series). Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-85306-643-6.
- Shannon, Paul (1995). British Railways Past and Present: Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and West Hertfordshire (No. 24). Wadenhoe, Peterborough: Past & Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85895-073-0.
- Simpson, Bill (1998). The Dunstable Branch. Witney, Oxon: Lamplight Publications. ISBN 978-1-899246-03-8.
- Woodward, Sue; Woodward, Geoff (May 2008). Branch Line to Dunstable from Leighton Buzzard to Hatfield. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-27-7.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Leighton Buzzard railway station from National Rail