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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officer@marstonvalecommunityrail.org.uk
Phone
01234 832645
Post
Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,
The Old School, Cardington,
Bedford, Bedfordshire
MK44 3SX
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!
#CommunityRail #bedford #consultation #HaveYourSay
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But don't try and travel to it by train 😀
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..
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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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?
Make no difference puttin ya views inn cus still happens 6 yrs down the line..
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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The next East West Railway Company consultation event on our Line is taking place tomorrow (Thursday 14th May) at Lidlington Village Hall from 2pm - 7pm (just a short walk from Lidlington Station).
Check out bit.ly/4t6RJex
Consultation materials are also available to view at our very own Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre during normal opening hours (Wednesday – Saturday 11am – 4pm).
This is the last route wide consultation - open until 9th June. The latest proposals include closure of 5 of the 9 stations between Kempston Hardwick and Fenny Stratford and opening of 4 new stations at Woburn Sands, Ridgmont, Lidlington and Stewartby.
Don’t miss the chance to have your say!
#CommunityRail #lidlington #consultation #HaveYourSay
Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity
Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre
London Northwestern Railway
Forest of Marston Vale
Kimberley 6th Form College
Bedford Credit Union
Community Rail Network
Bedford to Bletchley Rail Users' Association
Beds & Herts Community Rail Partnership
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I see there is a strike on this weekend as well
The new so called Ridgmont Station will ben in a field the thick half a mile west of the M1. Nowhere near the existing Ridgmont station and Amazon etc buildings.
What's the point when they can't open the bit that's already built?
I won,t be able to attend. Sorry
I look forward to hearing about how you plan to make dead end roads by closing Millbrook station crossing because of the head room issues due to your new electrification plans, destroy more of the environment, will increase more traffic up bury ware, close bury ware to provision for your ‘passing places’, cause more disruption to our village when you are not wanted and wrap it all up in a pretty PR bow! Whilst greed drives your agenda to capitalise on a housing development and universal.
Housing ain’t the reason it’s a case of Getting East west as it used to you want to live in the centre of Marston with the existing heavy traffic flow from Ampthill and UTAC you can’t electrify the Line due to height limitations and Existing power cables
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A reminder that East West Railway Company have launched their last route wide consultation.
Check out bit.ly/4t6RJex
The first consultation event on our Line is being held tomorrow (Saturday 25th April) at the Summerlin Centre , Woburn Sands from 12pm - 5pm. (just a short walk from Woburn Sands Station).
Consultation materials are also available to view at our very own Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre from tomorrow during normal opening hours (Wednesday – Saturday 11am – 4pm).
The consultation is open until 9th June. Don’t miss the chance to have your say!
#CommunityRail #woburnsands
Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity
Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre
London Northwestern Railway
Forest of Marston Vale
Kimberley 6th Form College
Bedford Credit Union
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Bedford to Bletchley Rail Users' Association
Beds & Herts Community Rail Partnership
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