Bedford railway station

Bedford
Bedford station pictured Northbound in March 2024
General information
Location	Bedford, Borough of Bedford England
Coordinates	52°08′11″N 00°28′46″W / 52.13639°N 0.47944°W / 52.13639; -0.47944
Grid reference	TL041497
Managed by	Thameslink
Platforms	5
Tracks	6
Other information
Station code	BDM
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Original company	Midland Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 February 1859 (1859-02-01)	Opened as Bedford
1890	Avoiding lines built
2 June 1924	Renamed Bedford Midland Road
8 May 1978	Renamed Bedford Midland
5 May 1988	Renamed Bedford
Passengers
2018/19	4.058 million
Interchange	49,544
2019/20	3.870 million
Interchange	54,944
2020/21	0.837 million
Interchange	10,947
2021/22	2.324 million
Interchange	29,922
2022/23	3.036 million
Interchange	40,131
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

v t e Railways in Bedfordshire
Legend
Midland Main Line to Kettering & Leicester Northampton & Peterborough Rly to Stamford & Peterborough Northampton–Market Harborough line to Market Harborough Wellingborough Brixworth Ditchford Spratton Wellingborough London Road Pitsford and Brampton Rushden Northampton and Lamport Railway Rushden, Higham & Wellingboro' Rly Boughton Higham Ferrers Northampton loop to Rugby via Long Buckby Irchester Northampton Castle Ashby & Earls Barton Northampton St. John's Street Billing Northampton Bridge Street Sharnbrook Tunnel West Coast Main Line to Rugby via Stowe Hill tunnel Hunsbury Hill Tunnel Blisworth Sharnbrook Roade Geismar Depot Tiffield Piddington Stoke Bruern Salcey Forest Towcester East & West Jct Rly to Fenny Compton & Stratford Olney Northampton & Banbury Jct Rly to Banbury Merton Street Turvey Castlethorpe Newport Pagnell Oakley Great Linford Wolverton works │ Bradwell Wolverton Wolverton & Stony Stratford Tramway Stony Stratford Old Stratford East Coast Main Line to Huntingdon & Peterborough Deanshanger Varsity Line to Cambridge Milton Keynes Central Sandy Bedford East Coast Main Line to Hitchin & London King's Cross Bedford Gas Company Girtford Halt River Ivel Blunham Bedford Cauldwell Walk depot Willington Bedford St Johns Kempston and Elstow Halt Bedford St Johns (former) Kempston Hardwick Cardington Wootton Broadmead Halt Southill Forders (Stewartby) Shefford Stewartby Henlow Camp Millbrook Bedford–Hitchin line to Hitchin & London King's Cross Lidlington Ridgmont Lafarge Stone Terminal Husborne Crawley Halt Wixams Aspley Guise Ampthill Woburn Sands Flitwick Bow Brickhill Harlington Fenny Stratford Midland Main Line to Luton & London St Pancras Leagrave Bletchley West Coast Main Line to Leighton Buzzard & London Euston Newton Longville Newton Longville landfill Varsity Line (East West Rail) to Oxford

v t e Stations around Bedford
Legend
Midland Main Line Bedford Bedford station sidings River Great Ouse Bedford Cauldwell Walk depot Bedford St Johns Bedford St Johns (former) Varsity Line Bedford–Hitchin line Marston Vale line Midland Main Line

Bedford railway station (formerly Bedford Midland Road and historically referred to on some signage as Bedford Midland) is the larger of two railway stations in the town of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the Midland Main Line from London St Pancras to the East Midlands and the terminus of the Marston Vale line from Bletchley through Bedford St Johns.