Bedford railway station

Bedford is a major interchange: 113 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is St Pancras International, with 260 trains a day.

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Address: Ashburnham Road, Bedford, MK40 1DS

Bedford is the nearest station for postcodes in MK40, MK41, MK44. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Bedford

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
St Pancras International	260	229	247
Luton	256	224	235
Luton Airport Parkway	244	224	247
London Blackfriars	186	156	179
Harpenden	183	156	191
St Albans City	183	156	191
Flitwick	179	153	190
East Croydon	175	145	175
Leagrave	175	154	190
Harlington	168	153	190
Gatwick Airport	166	145	175
Farringdon	166	146	175
Three Bridges	160	143	124
City Thameslink	152	92	0
London Bridge	147	131	59
West Hampstead Thameslink	110	100	191
Haywards Heath	90	80	121
Brighton	88	80	121
Burgess Hill	85	78	120
Hassocks	85	78	119
Preston Park	85	78	119
Wivelsfield	85	78	119
Balcombe	81	76	118
Horley	78	67	57
Purley	77	67	56
Kettering	74	72	56
Wellingborough	71	70	56
Corby	70	67	34
Redhill	69	61	59
South Croydon	61	56	0
Norwood Junction	56	57	2
Earlswood	54	56	29
Salfords	54	56	29
Brent Cross West	42	29	26
Aspley Guise	34	34	0
Bletchley	34	34	0
Bedford St Johns	34	34	0
Bow Brickhill	34	34	0
Fenny Stratford	34	34	0
Kempston Hardwick	34	34	0

and 73 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Bedford is

3,763,978 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 144th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 52,169 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Bedford and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 1,827,472 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 73 stations instead of 113, a drop of about 35%. Saturday runs to 99.

Nearest other stations

Bedford St Johns 0.7 miles
Kempston Hardwick 3.2 miles
Stewartby 5.0 miles
Millbrook 6.1 miles
Lidlington 7.4 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Bedford, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Kempston and Elstow Halt · 1.6 miles
Oakley (Bedford) · 3.0 miles
Cardington · 3.0 miles
Wixams · 3.4 miles
Cardington Workmen's Platform · 3.5 miles
Wootton Broadmead Halt · 4.1 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.