Buses

Although the Marston Vale Line serves a largely rural area, a surprisingly high number of bus services run either to or near to our stations. These bus services range from infrequent interurban services, to high frequency town bus services.

Virtually all of our stations are within 15 minutes walk of a local bus service. The best way to find out what bus you need is to try out the journey planners (below), which will plan your public transport journey for you from start to finish. This page also has details of PlusBus.

Journey Planners

Using the below journey planners, you can plan a bus journey between any UK postcode and our stations. If you want to plan a journey to our stations, use the top journey planner. If you want to plan a journey from one of our stations, use the bottom journey planner.

Get directions to our stations by public transport and car with Transport Direct.
Enter your postcode
Select the relevant station	Bedford Bedford St Johns Kempston Hardwick Stewartby Millbrook Lidlington Ridgmont Aspley Guise Woburn Sands Bow Brickhill Fenny Stratford Bletchley
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Get directions from our stations by public transport and car with Transport Direct.
Enter your postcode
Select the relevant station	Bedford Bedford St Johns Kempston Hardwick Stewartby Millbrook Lidlington Ridgmont Aspley Guise Woburn Sands Bow Brickhill Fenny Stratford Bletchley
On	01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   Aug 2008 Sep 2008 Oct 2008
	00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23   00 05 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55

PlusBus

PlusBus is the nationwide scheme that aims to improve the interchange between trains and buses by offering integrated ticketing within a certain area. For a small add-on to your normal train fare, you are entitled to unlimited bus travel on almost any bus in a specific area (subject to some restrictions) for the period of that ticket. You are not restricted to buses that run from the stations.

The Marston Vale Line is covered by two PlusBus schemes. The Milton Keynes PlusBus scheme is available for all rail journeys via Bletchley, and is an excellent way of exploring the city of Milton Keynes. The Bedford PlusBus scheme is available for all rail journeys via Bedford and Bedford St Johns. The below tables gives information on pricing, and you can download zonal maps by following the links below.

 

	Bedford PlusBus Scheme	Milton Keynes PlusBus Scheme
Stations	Bedford and Bedford St Johns	Bletchley, Milton Keynes Central, and Wolverton
Day tickets	Adult: £2.70 Child: £1.35 Railcard holder: £1.80	Adult: £2 Child: £1 Railcard holder: £1.35
Season tickets	Week: £10.50 Month: £36 3 Months: £100 Annual: £375	Week: £9 Month: £33 3 Months: £90 Annual: £360
Unlimited travel on these operators	Stagecoach, Barfordian, Cedar Coaches, Expresslines, Grant Palmer, Bedford Park and Ride	MK Metro, Arriva (the shires), Stagecoach

Bedford PlusBus Zonal Map (282kb)

Milton Keynes PlusBus Zonal Map (201kb)

Remember that many other areas of the country are covered by PlusBus. If you are travelling to a station in a major urban area (London excepted), then ask for a PlusBus add-on when buying your ticket so you can explore the area by bus.

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