Flitwick railway station is in the centre of Flitwick, in Bedfordshire, England. The station is situated on the Midland Main Line. The station is managed by Thameslink, who operate all trains serving it, and is served by Thameslink route services between Bedford and Brighton. As well as Flitwick itself, the station also serves the adjoining town of Ampthill, which no longer has its own station.
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View across Flitwick station towards the main building on the Down side, 13 January 2007
It was built by the Midland Railway in 1870 on its extension to St. Pancras. The original station buildings were restored in the early 1980s.[1]
There were originally platforms for two lines. This remained the case when the line was quadrupled. The up goods opened in 1893 and extended to Harlington in 1894; and the down goods opened in 1895. It was not until 1960 that British Railways added extra platforms to cater for extended stopping services between Bedford and London.[2]
During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services to and from Rainham, Sutton, East Grinstead. A number of peak hour services run non-stop between Flitwick and Luton.
The station is also served by a half-hourly night service between Bedford and Three Bridges on Sunday to Friday nights.
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Flitwick station has a waiting room, take away cafe, telephones, toilet and a car park.
The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. It is in the same area as Harlington station.
There is now[as of?] only one entrance to the station: through the ticket office from Steppingley Road. The previous second entrance, situated directly onto the footbridge from Dunstable Road, which in 2016 had gates installed, is now permanently closed.
Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books