Trains at Bedford, MML, 26/02/24

Описание: Bedford railway station (formerly Bedford Midland Road and historically referred to on some signage as Bedford Midland) is the larger of two railway stations in the town of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the Midland Main Line from London St Pancras to the East Midlands and the terminus of the Marston Vale line from Bletchley through Bedford St Johns.

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) also had a station on its line between Bletchley and Cambridge. The Midland crossed it on the level and there was a serious collision when an LNWR train passed a red signal. (Curiously, both drivers were named John Perkins). Following this accident, the Midland built a flyover in 1885.

The extension to St Pancras opened in 1868. The connection to Hitchin ceased public services during 1961, but the line north of Bedford to Wigston Junction is still officially referred to as the Leicester to Hitchin line. At this time the station was substantially altered, with the replacement of a level crossing by the Queen's Park overbridge. In 1890 fast lines were added to the west to allow expresses to bypass the station.

Services over the Marston Vale line to/from Bletchley were transferred here from the old LNWR St Johns station in May 1984. A new connection, which runs along the formation formerly used by the abandoned line to Hitchin (closed to passenger traffic from 1 January 1962 and completely three years later), was laid from the Marston Vale branch up to the main line to permit this. The original St Johns station closed on 14 May 1984 with a replacement halt on the new chord opening the same day.[5] Bletchley trains henceforth used a bay platform (numbered 1A) on the eastern side of the station.

By 1983, Midland Main Line electrification under British Rail reached Bedford, and Class 317 electric multiple units began running to Moorgate. The track through platform 4 towards the East Midlands remained un-electrified until the 2020s Midland Main Line railway upgrade.
Services through Luton Airport Parkway are operated by Luton Airport Express and Thameslink using Class 360 and 700 EMUs. The Luton Airport Express is run by East Midlands Railway, and became an official separate brand for their "Connect" service in 2023.

Duration of the video: 10:34 - 11:36

We’ll be seeing services by London Northwestern Railway, Thameslink, East Midlands Railway and possibly some freight as well in the duration of the video.

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I really enjoyed my session that was spent at Bedford especially with the amount of variety I managed to see in the time I spent there plus it’s a station where I haven’t visited there before but it was a great place to come and visit in once and while plus it’s something different once in awhile.

My next station will be Luton which is another station I haven’t been to before so until then thanks for watching and I’ll see you in another video.