Flitwick railway station

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Flitwick

Location

Place

Flitwick

Local authority

Mid Bedfordshire

Operations

Station code

FLT

Managed by

First Capital Connect

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

1.088 million

2005/06 *

1.102 million

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Flitwick from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Flitwick railway station is in the centre of Flitwick, in Bedfordshire, England. The station is situated on the Midland Main Line. The station is managed by First Capital Connect, and is served by the Thameslink line service. It was built by the Midland Railway in 1870 on its extension to St. Pancras. The original station buildings were restored in the early 1980s.

From Flitwick, trains travel north to Bedford and southbound trains go to stations which include Luton, Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, London, Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

1 History
2 Services
3 Facilities
4 External links

[edit] History

Flitwick station was built in the 1860s by the Midland Railway as part of their "London Extension" line to St Pancras.

[edit] Services

Looking south towards the footbridge, from outside the main building on Platform 4.

The typical off-peak service from this station is:

4 trains per hour to Bedford;
4 trains per hour to Brighton via Luton, Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, London and Gatwick Airport.
East Midlands Trains InterCity services from Leeds, Sheffield and Leicester run through at high speed, but do not stop. Interchange with InterCity services can be made at Luton and Bedford.

[edit] Facilities

Flitwick station has the following facilities:

2 waiting rooms
buffet
newsagent
telephones
toilet
car park with 261 spaces

The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. It is in the same area as Harlington station.

There are two entrances to the station: one into the ticket office from Steppingley Road and the other directly onto the footbridge from Dunstable Road.