Milton Keynes Central railway station

You can reach 62 stations directly from Milton Keynes Central on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Euston, with 303 trains a day.

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Address: Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, MK9 1LA

Milton Keynes Central is the nearest station for postcodes in MK9, MK5, MK6, MK8, MK15, MK20, MK18. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Milton Keynes Central

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Euston	303	279	239
Watford Junction	153	156	142
Rugby	170	164	131
Leighton Buzzard	143	134	110
Bletchley	142	134	109
Coventry	107	105	84
Birmingham International	106	104	83
Birmingham New Street	106	104	83
Crewe	80	78	75
Hemel Hempstead	80	81	74
Berkhamsted	80	81	73
Northampton	87	85	73
Wolverton	80	82	67
Harrow & Wealdstone	79	76	66
Tring	79	78	60
Apsley	73	71	55
Cheddington	68	68	55
Kings Langley	74	70	55
Long Buckby	67	69	52
Bushey	66	54	49
Tile Hill	65	67	47
Berkswell	65	67	46
Canley	65	67	46
Hampton-in-Arden	65	67	45
Stafford	46	43	44
Nuneaton	45	39	38
Manchester Piccadilly	37	33	31
Stockport	37	33	31
Marston Green	2	2	30
Liverpool Lime Street	31	29	27
Lichfield Trent Valley	35	33	27
Runcorn	32	29	27
Stoke-on-Trent	36	29	27
Tamworth	35	33	27
Macclesfield	35	29	25
Atherstone	32	30	23
Preston	19	18	23
Rugeley Trent Valley	32	30	23
Wolverhampton	19	13	20
Carlisle	17	16	19

and 28 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Milton Keynes Central is

6,099,600 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 83rd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 240,791 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Milton Keynes Central and London Euston than any other pair: 3,746,734 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.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Milton Keynes Central gains 1 destination including Chester.

Nearest other stations

Wolverton 2.5 miles
Bletchley 3.1 miles
Fenny Stratford 3.4 miles
Bow Brickhill 3.9 miles
Woburn Sands 5.2 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Bradwell · 2.1 miles
Denbigh Hall · 2.1 miles
Great Linford · 3.0 miles
Newport Pagnell · 3.9 miles
Castlethorpe · 4.9 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.