Woburn Sands railway station

Woburn's cottage-type station building, in an 1852 illustration

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 remain at Fenny Stratford and Milbrook. The building is in a half-timbered Gothic Revival style that had been insisted upon by the 7th Duke of Bedford for stations close to the Woburn Estate. It is Grade II listed.[2] It opened with the line in 1846;[1] between 1871 and July 1967 had a sizeable goods yard serving various local businesses (including a brick factory and gas works).[1]

In August 2004, Woburn Sands lost its Victorian signal box to the development and modernisation of the route.[1] 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.

At present an hourly service operates each way, operated by either a Class 150, Class 153 or Class 230 DMU. There is no service on a Sunday.[3]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Bow Brickhill		London Northwestern Railway Marston Vale line Mondays-Saturdays only		Aspley Guise
	Future Services
Bletchley		East West Rail Oxford-Cambridge		Ridgmont

Woburn Sands station, in common with others on the Marston Vale line, is covered by the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,[4] which aims to increase use of the line by involving local people.

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The station is on Station Road, about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from the town centre. The nearest post-code is MK17 8UD.[5] In the chainage notation traditionally used on the railway, it is 4 miles 4 chains (4.05 mi; 6.52 km) from Bletchley station on the line to Bedford.[6]

• 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)