Leighton Buzzard railway station

Leighton Buzzard
National Rail
General information
LocationLinslade, Central Bedfordshire
England
Grid referenceSP910250
Managed byLondon Northwestern Railway
Platforms4
Other information
Station codeLBZ
ClassificationDfT category C2
History
Original companyLondon and Birmingham Railway
Key dates
9 April 1838Opened as Leighton
14 February 1859Rebuilt 160m to the south
1 July 1911Renamed Leighton Buzzard
6 February 1967Goods services withdrawn
September 1989Rebuilt
Passengers
2018/19Increase 1.842 million
2019/20Decrease 1.753 million
2020/21Decrease 0.294 million
2021/22Increase 0.906 million
2022/23Increase 1.143 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
The station in 1948

Leighton Buzzard railway station serves the towns of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade in the county of Bedfordshire and nearby areas of Buckinghamshire. Actually situated in Linslade, the station is 40 miles (64 km) north west of London Euston and is served by London Northwestern Railway services on the West Coast Main Line. Until the 1960s the station was the start of a branch to Dunstable and Luton, with a junction just north of the present station. The station has four platforms. Platforms 1 & 2 serve the fast lines and are used by Avanti West Coast services running non-stop to/from London Euston. Platforms 3 & 4 are served by slower London Northwestern railway services to/from London Euston.

Page's Park railway station, terminus for the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (a narrow gauge heritage railway), is on the opposite side of the town.