Bedford St Johns railway station

Bedford St Johns
The station, looking south
General information
Location	Bedford, Borough of Bedford England
Coordinates	52°07′46″N 0°28′04″W / 52.1294°N 0.4677°W / 52.1294; -0.4677
Grid reference	TL049490
Managed by	London Northwestern Railway[1]
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	BSJ
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
18 November 1846	Opened as "Bedford"
2 June 1924	Renamed "Bedford St Johns"
1 January 1968	Closure of Varsity Line
15 July 1968	Closed to freight and became unstaffed halt
14 May 1984	Resited
Passengers
2018/19	189,276
2019/20	180,520
2020/21	39,046
2021/22	108,408
2022/23	141,586
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bedford St Johns is one of two railway stations in Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, on the Marston Vale Line linking Bletchley and Bedford. It is unstaffed and is operated by London Northwestern Railway.

St Johns was Bedford's first station, on the Varsity Line (the original Oxford to Cambridge line). Its role was diminished following the substantial closure of that line in 1967, leaving only the section to Bletchley in operation. British Rail closed the original station on 14 May 1984 and diverted services to/from Bletchley along a new chord line to Bedford Midland station, where a new bay platform was opened for this service. The current Bedford St Johns station was built (also in 1984) on this chord.