Marston Vale line

Marston Vale line
London Northwestern Railway unit 230004 approaching Ridgmont station
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerNetwork Rail
LocaleBuckinghamshire (South East England)
Bedfordshire (East of England)
Termini
Stations12
Service
TypeHeavy rail
SystemNational Rail
Operator(s)London Northwestern Railway
Rolling stockClass 150
Technical
Line lengthabout 16.5 miles (27 km)[a]
Number of tracks1–2
CharacterRural
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationNone
Operating speed60 mph (97 km/h)
Route map

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Marston Vale line
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Swanbourne Siding
0 mi 4 ch
0.08 km
Bletchley
1 mi 5 ch
1.71 km
Fenny Stratford
2 mi 5 ch
3.32 km
Bow Brickhill
4 mi 8 ch
6.6 km
Woburn Sands
5 mi 4 ch
8.13 km
Aspley Guise
6 mi 59 ch
10.84 km
Ridgmont
8 mi 49 ch
13.86 km
Lidlington
10 mi 5 ch
16.19 km
Millbrook
11 mi 17 ch
18.04 km
Stewartby
12 mi 76 ch
20.84 km
Kempston Hardwick
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16 mi 5 ch
25.85 km
Bedford St Johns
16 mi 55 ch
26.86 km
Bedford

The Marston Vale line is the line between Bletchley and Bedford in England, a surviving remnant of the former Varsity Line between Oxford and Cambridge, most of which was closed in the late 1960s. The line is sponsored by the Marston Vale community rail partnership. The line is to be adopted and upgraded as part of East West Rail, a project underway to re-establish the Oxford–Cambridge route.


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