Ridgmont railway station


Ridgmont railway station is a small unstaffed railway station that serves the villages of Ridgmont in Bedfordshire, Brogborough and Husborne Crawley. It also serves the large Amazon.com warehouse next door.
It is on the Bletchley — Bedford Marston Vale Line.

Trains

The station is served by London Northwestern Railway Bletchley — Bedford local services. Services are operated using Class 230/1 multiple units. Although not geographically the midpoint of the line, many train services 'cross' at Ridgmont station. There is no Sunday passenger service timetabled although the line remains open with signalers on duty at the Marston Vale Signalling Centre at Ridgmont.
Ridgmont Station has also been used as a watering point for steam-hauled special trains heading north from London.

Future

It is planned that the Marston Vale line will be upgraded as part of the East West Rail programme, to permit running. The Oxford-Bedford services are planned to stop here.

Former station house

The former station house, built in 1846 in the Cottage Orné architectural style, underwent a total refurbishment in 2014 managed by the Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity with funding from the Railway Heritage Trust. A tea room, gift shop, disabled access and toilets, additional car parking, three small 'start-up' offices and a meeting room have been provided. The former Victorian booking office has been restored as a small heritage centre.
Scenes from the feature film 'One Day' were filmed at the station.

General information

Ridgmont is in sight of Junction 13 of the M1 motorway and the station is adjacent to a number of distribution centres.
It was at Ridgmont that a new Marston Vale signalling control centre was built as part of the Bedford — Bletchley route modernisation in 2004. This centre replaced all the signal boxes and block posts on the route.

Services

An hourly service operates in each direction, Mondays to Saturdays.

Community Rail Partnership

Ridgmont 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.