Bletchley is a stop on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) to the south of the centre of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire between Milton Keynes Central and Leighton Buzzard. It is also the terminus of the Marston Vale Line from Bedford.
LNWR 350 263 departs for Milton Keynes Central
Information
Type:
National Rail (West Coast Main Line &
Marston Vale Line)
Station code:
BLY
Opened:
1846
Platforms:
6
The station was built as part of the original stretch of the London & Birmingham Railway, which eventually became part of the West Coast Main Line. The station opened in 1846. Bletchley became an important intercity station especially with the formation of the new city of Milton Keynes - for a time Bletchley was the main station. Its importance lessened with the opening of Milton Keynes Central station three miles to the north in 1982 [1]. Although Bletchley is served by London Northwestern Railway trains along the WCML no Arriva West Coast services stop there.
Bletchley is at the junction of the WCML and one of the termini Marston Vale Line to Bedford, it is also next to Bletchley depot. It is currently served by London Northwestern Railway (WCML and Marston Vale Line). New high level platforms are being built for East West Rail between Oxford and Cambridge which will open later in the 2020s.
GBRf 66 738 near the station
View down the platform
Footbridge
Station forecourt
LNWR 350 401 arrives with a north bound service
[1] John Glover, BR Diary 1978-1985 (Ian Allan, 1985) p. 74
