The Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership is managed by Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity (BRCC), the leading community development agency working across Bedfordshire, with a proven track record built up over 60 years.
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01234 832645
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Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,
The Old School, Cardington,
Bedford, Bedfordshire
MK44 3SX
Looking forward to the start of the Marston Vale Line 180th Anniversary Year on 17th November!
Our friends from Gare Du Nord Theatre Group will be performing interactive pop-up theatre with some familiar characters from the Marston Vale Line’s rich history on the following trains:
From Bletchley
• 10:52
• 12:52
From Bedford
• 11:47
• 13:47
• 16:04 (last performance of the day – please note no performance on return journey from Bletchley)
Performances are subject to volunteer availability.
Valid rail ticket required.
Tickets can be purchased from any staffed rail station by cash or card or the Ticket Vending Machine (TVM) at each Marston Vale Line station (card only). Tickets can also be purchased via www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk and can be collected at staffed station or any TVM.
Rail tickets can be purchased from the conductor on the train by cash or card.
Please check www.nationalrail.co.uk on the day for real-time train running information.
A number of other events are planned for the Anniversary Year including a special show produced by Gare du Nord Theatre Group to be performed in Bedford & Bletchley in the summer. Watch this space!
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Great to see the celebrations unfortunately can't come in Nov as out of the country until after NY bit look forward to other dates/theatre group presentation. I used to go from Woburn Sands to Bletchley for the Grammar School near the station from 1962-67 then to work for a few years, linking up with a bus at Bletchley to Newton Longville. Fond memories indeed. We were ignored generally by the Harpur Trust schoolchildren, no real problems from other schoolkids, we were laden down with heavy satchels on one shoulder and sports bag, hockey stick or box containing ingredients for cookery and the precarious journey home with end result, or in my case a violin. I had a quarter mile walk to the station & back at the end of the day, If we saw the crossing gates closing we ran like heck to find it was most likely the arrival of the Bletchley to Bedford train which was 10 mins ahead of ours. In awful weather when trains were held up with slipping "leaves on the line " we were told was the cause then we were invited into the only waiting room which said "Ladies" on it. Stan the gatekeeper/ticket issuer and deliverer of parcels to my Dad's shop on his motor bike had lit a cosy fire so we could unfreeze and revel in the fact we would miss the first lesson at school!
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Let's hope the present railway have made special arrangements to ensure your day is not spoiled by services being cancelled etc
Have they been waiting for the train all this time 😂 wouldn't suprise me!
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Great to have a full house for our Learning Lunchtimes talk on Monday!
Thanks to all who came along and Forest of Marston Vale for having us!
We are available for talks to community groups during the 180th Anniversary Year. Please DM us to find out more!
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Respect to the many and now the few
Looking forward to our Learning Lunchtimes talk at our good friends Forest of Marston Vale tomorrow (2nd November)! 11:00 start. Free entry.
Come along to hear the fascinating story of our lovely Line, our work to engage the community & plans to celebrate the Line's 180th Anniversary, and how you can get involved in our 180 Memories Project. The talk will also shine a spotlight on the award-winning Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre, the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the Line.
Check out www.marstonvale.org/Event/learning-lunchtime-the-marston-vale-line-past-present-future-celebratin...
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Looking forward to helping celebrate 180 years 🔥
Any more dates lined up at other locations locally ?
Sadly, a long walk from a station or bus stop.