Station code APG DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SP939367 Managed by London Midland 2011/12 12,440 | |
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Similar Woburn Sands railway st, Wolverton railway station, Bletchley railway station, Gulliver's Land, The National Museum | ||
Aspley Guise railway station serves the village of Aspley Guise in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the Bletchley — Bedford Marston Vale Line.
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The station is served by London Midland Bletchley — Bedford local services, operated by London Midland using Class 150/1 diesel multiple-unit trains.
History
Opened by the London and North Western Railway in October 1905, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 Grouping. The station passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
It was built initially as one of seven new halts for a steam rail motor service between Bedford & Bletchley inaugurated in the autumn of 1905 and was initially constructed of old sleepers; it temporarily closed for two years (January 1917-May 1919) as a World War 1 economy measure. Under LMS auspices, it had its platforms rebuilt and these were lengthened again by BR in 1959.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways. The initial operating franchise was awarded to Silverlink County; the franchise was transferred to London Midland on 11 November 2007.
Services
An hourly service operates each way to Bedford and to Bletchley, Mondays to Saturdays with no Sunday service.
Community Rail Partnership
Aspley Guise station, in common with others on the Marston Vale Line, is covered by the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership, which aims to increase use of the line by involving local people.