Fenny Stratford railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Fenny Stratford


manager = London Midland
locale = Fenny Stratford, Milton Keynes
code = FEN
borough = Milton Keynes
start = 1846
platforms = 1
lowusage0405 = 18,507
lowusage0506 = 18,683
lowusage0607 = 16,734

Fenny Stratford railway station is a railway station that serves the Fenny Stratford area of Milton Keynes. It is located on the Bletchley-Bedford Marston Vale line.

The station is served by London Midland local services from Bletchley to Bedford. Services are operated using Class 153 single car diesel multiple units. This station is one of the five stations serving Milton Keynes. The others are Wolverton, Milton Keynes Central, Bletchley and Bow Brickhill.

Details and history

Fenny Stratford Station is currently un-staffed, with no ticketing facilities. Passengers are required to purchase tickets from train staff on-board. Immediately to the west after the bridge carrying the V4 Watling Street (formerly the A5) there are points connecting with a branch leading onto the freight only Oxford line via the Bletchley flyover. The passenger line and station are protected here by trap points, however they are badly sited and any runaway train caught by it would subsequently crash into the bridge.Fenny Stratford has a black and white station building now in private ownership. The building is one of a number like it on the line but unlike any anywhere else. Until the mid 1960s, Fenny Stratford had two platforms and a number of sidings, however all that is now present is a single platform and a lot of wasteland to the east of the station before the level crossing. The signal box here was taken out of use in 2004.Fenny Stratford station is one of the many stations covered by the [http://www.marstonvalecommunityrail.org.uk Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership] .

ervices

Community Rail Partnership

Fenny Stratford, in common with other stations on the Marston Vale line, is covered by the [http://www.marstonvalecommuityrail.org.uk Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership] . The Partnership aims to increase use of the line by getting local people involved with their local line.

External links

*IoE|45418 [http://www.marstonvalecommunityrail.org.uk Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership]