Woburn Sands railway station
Woburn Sands  | |
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Woburn Sands in 2009, looking east, showing the condition of the track through the station. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Woburn Sands |
| Local authority | Milton Keynes |
| Coordinates | 52°01′05″N 0°39′14″W / 52.018°N 0.654°WCoordinates: 52°01′05″N 0°39′14″W / 52.018°N 0.654°W |
| Grid reference | SP924363 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WOB |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2002/03 | 45,743 |
| 2004/05 |
 42,382 |
| 2005/06 |
40,544 |
| 2006/07 |
39,119 |
| 2007/08 |
 46,377 |
| 2008/09 |
44,696 |
| 2009/10 |
38,958 |
| 2010/11 |
45,602 |
| 2011/12 |
47,428 |
| 2012/13 |
40,466 |
| 2013/14 |
42,828 |
| 2014/15 |
42,408 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Woburn Sands from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Woburn Sands railway station serves the villages of Woburn Sands and Wavendon in the borough of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. The station is on the Marston Vale Line between Bedford and Bletchley. The station is served by local trains to Bletchley and Bedford using Class 150/1 and Class 153 diesel multiple units operated by London Midland.
Station building and signal box
Woburn Sands has a black and white "cottage" station building, one of four of the same design that are unique to this line. Two of the others are at Fenny Stratford and Millbrook (Bedfordshire). It opened with the line in 1846; between 1871 and July 1967 had a sizeable goods yard serving various local businesses (including a brick factory and gas works).[1]
Woburn Sands recently lost its Victorian signal box to the development and modernisation of the route. Until 2004 the line was controlled by staffed signal boxes located at various stations; but the entire line is now controlled from one signalling centre at Ridgmont.
Services
At present an hourly service operates each way, operated by either a Class 150 or Class 153 DMU. There is no service on a Sunday.[2]
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| London Midland Mondays-Saturdays only |
Community Rail Partnership
Woburn Sands station, in common with others on the Marston Vale Line, is covered by the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,[3] which aims to increase use of the line by involving local people.
References
- ↑ "Disused Stations Site Record - Woburn Sands" Retrieved 7 September 2016
- ↑ Table 64 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership
External links
- Train times and station information for Woburn Sands railway station from National Rail
- Postcard pictures of the station and level crossing in 1920 (at end of page)
