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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Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership is one of a growing number of Community Rail Partnerships across the country.
They work to engage communities and help people get the most from their railways, promoting social inclusion and sustainable travel.
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officer@marstonvalecommunityrail.org.uk
Phone
01234 832645
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Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,
The Old School, Cardington,
Bedford, Bedfordshire
MK44 3SX
Great day in Bedford today promoting our lovely Line and celebrating Community Rail Week. Thanks to all those who braved the weather to visit, it was great to see you!
Thanks to our willing team of volunteers and the team at Bedford Market who supplied the gazebo.
The winners of the competition – prizes kindly donated by Thameslink will be notified in the next few days.
We’ve had a good Community Rail Week so far with several other fantastic events and more to come! Watch this space!
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Join the Bedford Railway Club at 7:45 pm tomorrow (2nd June) at St John’s Church Hall, St John’s Street Bedford MK42 0DL when Sean Devaney will be giving an illustrated talk on growing up in the crossing keepers house at Kempston Hardwick.
St John’s Church Hall is just a short walk from Bedford St Johns Station. Entry fee just £3.
Don’t forget our special Marston Vale Line 180th Anniversary display in the foyer at our good friends The Higgins Bedford until 7th June. This display has been curated by our fantastic Friends of Ridgmont Station volunteers, sharing key milestones and stories for the Marston Vale Line over the decades. Free Entry!
The display includes a memories folder containing a selection of photos depicting places, trains and events related to the line. Visitors are invited to share memories these photos evoke for them or to complete a ‘Share Your Story’ postcard.
This is all part of our Marston Vale 180 Memories Project through which we will be compiling and publishing 180 memories about the line, community and stations from local people.
Also just a short walk from Bedford St Johns station!
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The last East West Railway Company consultation event on our Line is taking place tomorrow (Saturday 23rd May) at King's House, 245 Ampthill Road, Bedford, MK42 9AZ from 11:00 - 6:00. Hop on Grant Palmer bus routes 42, 44 or 68 from Bedford town centre, which stop on Ampthill Road near King’s House. Parking available.
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Consultation materials are also available to view at our very own Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre during normal opening hours (Wednesday – Saturday 11am – 4pm). Consultation feedback forms and freepost envelopes are available for collection.
The latest proposals include the following:
• Closure of 5 stations - Kempston Hardwick, Millbrook, Aspley Guise, Bow Brickhill & Fenny Stratford
• Opening of 4 new stations at new locations at Woburn Sands, Ridgmont, Lidlington and Stewartby.
• Electrification of the Marston Vale Line
• Closure of Millbrook Level Crossing
This is the last route wide consultation - open until 9th June.
Don’t miss the chance to have your say!
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Ironically unable to attend as NO TRAIN service🤦🏻♀️
Keep Millbrook Railway station open We need the Public Transport As we are really out in a Rural area
Just when it's hot n parents need/want to travel with a child to get them out.. pure bank Holiday let down 4 my child n me.. thanks.. I wonder if all this will happen when universal studios is built.. plus doesn't help the council removed the bus from the village to bedford. Which helped ppl out to go shopping in town.. Yet they build 60 new home since 2017 n expect every1 to drive what about those that don't or the elderly..
But don't try and travel to it by train 😀
The Transport Salaried Staff’s Association have announced industrial action on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd May on the London Northwestern Railway network.
Unfortunately there will be no train service on the Marston Vale Line during the period of industrial action and no rail replacement bus service.
Please see for orlo.uk/YoCuv for full details and Frequently Asked Questions.
The full train service will resume on Bank Holiday Monday 25th May.
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Make no difference puttin ya views inn cus still happens 6 yrs down the line..
I rely on this service to get to work I get the strike but not even a bus replacement service
So how do people get to/from work that rely on this service?
Unions should be banned.
Super excited to have a special Marston Vale Line 180th Anniversary display in the foyer at our good friends The Higgins Bedford from today until 7th June!
This display has been curated by the fantastic Friends of Ridgmont Station volunteers, sharing key milestones and stories for the Marston Vale Line over the decades. Free Entry!
The display includes a memories folder containing a selection of photos depicting places, trains and events related to the line. Visitors are invited to share memories these photos evoke for them or to complete a ‘Share Your Story’ postcard.
This is all part of our Marston Vale 180 Memories Project through which we will be compiling and publishing 180 memories about the line, community and stations from local people.
Huge thanks to the Bedford Borough Council Reprographics Team for all their help with design and printing and Arts Council England for their support with funding.
Join us for our special Bedfordshire Railways 180 years of the Marston Vale Line Reminiscence session on Thursday 21st May to share your own memories of the railway. 11am – 12.30pm. Free Entry, Refreshments £1, No Need to Book
Visit www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk/Whats_on/Reminiscence_Sessions.aspx for details.
All just a short walk from Bedford St Johns station!
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