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Leighton Buzzard railway station
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| Leighton Buzzard | |||
| Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Linslade | ||
| Local authority | South Bedfordshire | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | LBZ | ||
| Managed by | Silverlink | ||
| Platforms in use | |||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 1.200 million | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Leighton Buzzard (source) | |||
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Leighton Buzzard railway station (actually in Linslade) is a railway station that serves the Leighton Buzzard and Linslade area of Bedfordshire and adjacent parts of Buckinghamshire. The station is 64 km (40¾ miles) north west of London Euston and is served by Silverlink County local services from Northampton to London on the West Coast Main Line.
Just south of this station, at Bridego Bridge near Ledburn, at a bridge on the southbound stretch towards Cheddington, the Great Train Robbery of 1963 was carried out.
Page's Park railway station, terminus for the Leighton Buzzard Railway (a narrow gauge heritage railway) is a few minutes walk away.
The station was until the 1960s a junction for a branch to Dunstable. There is much debate about reopening this route and the still in place but disused stretch beyond to Luton, as rail supporters clash with those trying to turn the route into a guided busway.
Just to the north of the station are the Linslade tunnels. These are arranged unusually for a four track main line: the southbound slow line has a tunnel to itself as does the northbound fast line, however the northbound slow and southbound fast lines share a tunnel. This stems from the fact that the line was built as double-track and the two extra single-track tunnels were added later.
- Train times and station information for Leighton Buzzard railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Leighton Buzzard railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheddington | Silverlink County West Coast Main Line |
Bletchley | ||
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