Ridgmont railway station
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| Ridgmont | |||
| Location | |||
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| Place | Ridgmont | ||
| Local authority | Mid Bedfordshire | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Silverlink | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 28,021 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened ? | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ridgmont (source) | |||
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Ridgmont railway station is a small (unstaffed) railway station that serves the villages of Ridgmont in Bedfordshire (about 2km (1.25 miles) away on the other side of the M1 Motorway at Junction 13) and Brogborough. It also serves the large Amazon.com warehouse next door.
It is located on the Bletchley-Bedford Marston Vale line.
The station is served by Silverlink County local services from Bletchley to Bedford. Services are operated using Class 150/1 diesel multiple units.
[edit] General Information
Ridgmont is located within visual range of Junction 13 of the M1 and the station is overshadowed by a number of distribution centres.
It was at Ridgmont that a new Marston Vale signalling control centre was built as part of the Bedford-Bletchley route modernisation in 2004. This centre replaced all of the signal boxes on the route.
It was planned in the 1860s to extend the railway between Wolverton and Newport Pagnell to meet with the Marston Vale line at Ridgmont, however this extension was never built.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Ridgmont railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Ridgmont railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Aspley Guise | Silverlink County Marston Vale Line Mondays-Saturdays only |
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