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East West Rail level crossings meetings
East West Rail is proceeding full steam ahead. As part of their work, they are planning to run some public meetings to discuss plans for level crossings on our line. We don’t know the full details of...
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The Great Railway Treasure Hunt 2015
Like railways ? (We hope so, you’re on a railway website) Like Treasure Hunts? This year, we’ll be taking part in The Great Railway Treasure Hunt 2015. It’s a bit of fun where you can win a prize, and...
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The Value of Community Rail
Our friends at the Association of Community Rail Partnerships have been busy (as always) and recently they published a report called The Value of Community Rail. Not to blow our own trumpet, but we did...
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Ridgmont Station Walks
Now that the weather seems to be perking up a bit, we have a couple of great walks to/from Ridgmont station to tell you of. The Walk on the Wild Side is a great little walk to and from Woburn,...
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Flowers at Fenny at last!
After 3 years of trying, the Friends of Fenny Stratford station finally have some flowers blooming. So enjoy.
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A record breaking year on the Marston Vale Line
The latest in from London Midland: our little line has had its best year under their franchise. The total number of journeys on the line during 2014/15 was 293,196. To put that in perspective, we have...
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More dates for East West Rail meetings
Further to our last post on the subject, more meeting dates have been agreed so you can see plans for level crossings as part of East West Rail. They are as so, and all run between 4pm and 8pm:...
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Money off at the Forest Centre
This is a quickie to let you know that, as we do every year, by taking the train to Millbrook station you can get money off at the Lakeside Cafe in the Forest Centre. Just show the staff your rail...
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Gardening time at Lidlington
Tubs on the platform Teasels behind Platform 1. Cow parsley behnind platform 1. Wild flowers behind the platform Our troughs have flowered all winter and continue to look great. This time last year,...
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Ridgmont has Wifi!
Good news! Ridgmont Heritage Centre and Cafe has now satisfied one of the basic requirements of modern living – we have a Wifi connection. So as well as enjoying yourself with the exhibits and the tea...
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Ride the Rails to the River and save 15%
Picture courtesy of TripAdvisor Didn’t think we could be any more generous to you than we already are? Well think again, as thanks to Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway’s John Bunyan River Boat we can...
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If you go down to St Johns today…
…you may notice some of these around: No, we’ve not walked through yellow paint. We have been working with Sustrans on the Golden Feet Trail. Simply follow the feet from Bedford St Johns station to...
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You love us!
In case you hadn’t looked to the right of this post already and seen the little badge (or you can’t because you’re looking at the mobile version of the website), it seems you lot love the Ridgmont...
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Bank Holiday and Ridgmont Station
Apologies for the very, very late notice (don’t ask). This is just a quick reminder that due to the Bank Holiday, no trains will run on the line tomorrow (31st August). A normal service will resume on...
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Rail River Ride – A fantastic offer
Picture courtesy of TripAdvisor While we have a spare few minutes, we are plugging our offer, just like we did before, of a special discount for rail passengers travelling to catch the John Bunyan...
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The Rugby World Cup comes to the Marston Vale
In case you hadn’t noticed, there is a Rugby World Cup taking place. Also, in case you hadn’t noticed, some of the matches are taking place at our own StadiumMK, and you can get there (and sometimes...
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Another quick post here. With East-West Rail not that far away, Network Rail and the East West Rail Consortium are running public exhibitions both this week and next where they will set out the plans...
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Take the train to the Dons
With the MK Dons playing Championship football this season, there really hasn’t been a better time to take the train to the Dons. Fenny Stratford station is not far from stadium:MK, and already a few...
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The Fancy Dress Express is back!
You read that right. On Wednesday 28th October this year, our Fancy Dress Express will take to the tracks and spook all before it! Just turn up on one of our special trains in fancy dress to enjoy the...
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More Spooky Fun
If our Fancy Dress Express wasn’t enough for you, our friends at the Caldecotte Miniature Railway are running their Halloween Spooktacular next Thursday (29th) between 6pm and 9pm. They aren’t a...
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