General information | |
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Location | Lidlington, Central Bedfordshire England |
Coordinates | 52°02′31″N0°33′32″W / 52.042°N 0.559°W |
Grid reference | SP989391 |
Managed by | London Northwestern Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | LID |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 26,888 |
2019/20 | 19,628 |
2020/21 | 3,606 |
2021/22 | 9,544 |
2022/23 | 11,542 |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Lidlington railway station serves the village of Lidlington in Bedfordshire,England. The station's two platforms once faced each other,either side of the double tracks. This has since been modified to have staggered platforms either side of the level crossing in order to reduce the time the barriers spend down.
The former station building is now a private home.
Opened in 1846 by the Bedford Railway,it became part of the London,Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 Grouping. The station passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. [1]
Lidlington station had a station building,one of four of the same design that are unique to this line. The station building is in a half-timbered Gothic Revival style that had been insisted upon by the 7th Duke of Bedford for stations close to the Woburn Estate. The station building is now a private home. [1]
All services at Lidlington are operated by London Northwestern Railway.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Bletchley and Bedford which runs on weekdays and Saturdays only using Class 150 DMUs. There is no Sunday service. [2]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Ridgmont | London Northwestern Railway
| Millbrook |
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