Milton Keynes Central
Location
Place	Milton Keynes
Local authority	Milton Keynes
Operations
Managed by	Silverlink
Platforms in use	5
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 **	3.815 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1982
National Rail - UK railway stations
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Milton Keynes Central is a railway station that serves the central area of Milton Keynes. The station is located on the West Coast Main Line where it is served by Virgin Trains inter-city services and by Silverlink County local services. It lies exactly 50 miles north of London Euston station. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ... The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... Silverlink Trains is a regional franchise in the British railway system with routes in suburban London and from London to Northampton. ... Facade of Euston Station, London Euston Arch: the original Euston Station, as enlarged, ca 1851 Euston station concourse Euston station (also known as London Euston), is a large railway station in Central London. ...

This station is one of the five stations serving Milton Keynes. The others are Wolverton (Milton Keynes North), Bletchley (Milton Keynes South), Fenny Stratford (also Milton Keynes South) and Bow Brickhill (Milton Keynes South-east). In addition, Woburn Sands railway station is just outside the town's boundary and serves the south-east of the Borough. Wolverton railway station serves northern Milton Keynes, especially Stony Stratford, Wolverton and New Bradwell. ... Bletchley railway station is a railway station that serves the Bletchley area of southern Milton Keynes. ... Fenny Stratford railway station is a railway station that serves the Fenny Stratford area of Milton Keynes. ... Bow Brickhill railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Bow Brickhill in Buckinghamshire and the Caldecotte, Tilbrook and Walton areas of south-east Milton Keynes. ... Woburn Sands railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Woburn Sands in Buckinghamshire. ... Milton Keynes is a borough in England. ...

Scale and planned development

At present, there are three south-bound tracks and two north-bound tracks. In May 2006, the Department of Transport confirmed funding for a third north-bound track (for Inter-city services) and a fourth south-bound track (for services to Bedford).^[1] Work began in December 2006 and is due to complete by the end of 2008. In June 2005, Silverlink announced their intent to extend their Marston Vale Line service from Bedford to Milton Keynes Central, when the new platform is built. (The service currently terminates at Bletchley). On 4 December 2006, work began on both projects, with completion scheduled for December 2008. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Marston Vale Line is the railway line from Bletchley to Bedford. ... Bletchley railway station is a railway station that serves the Bletchley area of southern Milton Keynes. ...

Local facilities

The station is the terminus for many bus services and is on the Milton Keynes redway system, a network of cycle paths. The station itself has a small shop and there are other shops and restaurants on the south side of the station square. There are a number of hotels on Midsummer Boulevard (which begins opposite the station and leads up into Central Milton Keynes). The Milton Keynes redway system is a 200km network of cycleways/paths for cyclists and pedestrians in Milton Keynes, England. ... Central Milton Keynes is the central area of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. ...

The station square itself is a favourite site for skateboarding and freestyle BMX and as a result the granite facings of the planting surrounds have suffered from the continuous bumping and grinding. This has lessened somewhat since the opening of a dedicated skateboarding park (Sk8 MK) close to the central bus station.^[2] There has been very limited maintenance of the square, which has led local commentators to speculate that Milton Keynes Partnership has plans to alter the space. A skateboarder performing a frontside lipslide Skateboarding is the act of rolling on or performing tricks with a skateboard. ... Freestyle BMX is a creative way of using bicycles originally designed for bicycle motocross racing. ... In January 2004, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced[1] the United Kingdom governments Expansion plans for Milton Keynes He proposed that the population of Milton Keynes should double in the subsequent 20 years. ...

Rail services

Inter-city passengers wishing to go to Northampton should change^a to a north-bound Silverlink service here. Passengers for all stations to Bedford should take a south-bound Silverlink service here as far as Bletchley and change to the Marston Vale Line. Virgin Trains also provide a coach service to London Luton Airport and Luton railway station. Haymarket railway station is in Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Waverley Station is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. ... The East Coast Main Line viaduct at Durham. ... Northampton railway station is the railway station that serves the Northampton and south Northamptonshire. ... Bedford railway station is the main railway station in the town of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. ... Bletchley railway station is a railway station that serves the Bletchley area of southern Milton Keynes. ... The Marston Vale Line is the railway line from Bletchley to Bedford. ... London Luton Airport (IATA: LTN, ICAO: EGGW) (previously called Luton International Airport) is about 35 miles north of London and east of the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. ... Luton railway station is located in Luton, Bedfordshire. ...

Footnote

Note a: Except at peak periods when there is a non-stop Virgin service from London to Northampton.

References

1. ^ WEST COAST MAIN LINE: PROGRESS REPORT May 2006 (3MB PDF file)
2. ^ http://www.sk8m8.com/sk8m8-skatepark.php?siteid=Sk8MK%20Skate%20Plaza%20-%20Milton%20Keynes

External links

• Train times and station information for Milton Keynes Central railway station from National Rail
• Street map and aerial photo of Milton Keynes Central railway station from Multimap.com

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 52.0347° -0.773°
  • Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Map
  • Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide
  • Aerial image from TerraServer

• High resolution aerial photograph from MKWEB