Woburn Sands railway station
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| Woburn Sands | |
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| Woburn Sands in 2009, looking east, showing the poor condition of the track through the station. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Woburn Sands |
| Local authority | Milton Keynes |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WOB |
| Managed by | London Midland |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2002/03 * | 45,743 |
| 2004/05 * | 42,382 |
| 2005/06 * | 40,544 |
| 2006/07 * | 39,119 |
| 2007/08 * | 46,377 |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Woburn Sands from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Woburn Sands railway station serves the villages of Woburn Sands and Wavendon in the borough of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located 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 .
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[edit] Station building and signal box
Woburn Sands has a black and white 'cottage' station building, a type unique to the line but which occurs four times on it. Other stations with buildings like this are Fenny Stratford and Millbrook.
Woburn recently lost its Victorian signal box to the development and modernisation of the route. Until 2004 the line was controlled by manned signal boxes located at various stations; however the entire route is now controlled from one signalling centre at Ridgmont.
[edit] Services
At present an hourly service operates each way, operated by either a Class 150 or Class 153 DMU. There is usually no service on a Sunday.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| London Midland
Mondays-Saturdays only
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[edit] Community Rail Partnership
Woburn Sands, in common with other stations on the Marston Vale line, is covered by the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership. The Partnership aims to increase use of the line by getting local people involved with their local line.
[edit] 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)
