Lidlington
National Rail
The former station building at Lidlington station, now a private home.
General information
LocationLidlington, Central Bedfordshire
England
Coordinates52°02′31″N 0°33′32″W / 52.042°N 0.559°W / 52.042; -0.559
Grid referenceSP989391
Managed byLondon Northwestern Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLID
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 26,888
2019/20Decrease 19,628
2020/21Decrease 3,606
2021/22Increase 9,544
2022/23Increase 11,542
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

All services at Lidlington are operated by London Northwestern Railway.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Bletchley and Bedford which runs on weekdays and Saturdays only using Class 150 DMUs. There is no Sunday service.[2]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Ridgmont   London Northwestern Railway
  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

  1. 1 2 "Disused Stations: Lidlington Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Table 64 National Rail timetable, December 2022
  3. ↑ Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership
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