Services
Luton station is served by First Capital Connect and East Midlands Trains trains. From Luton, trains go north to Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Market Harborough, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham, and Sheffield amongst others. Southbound trains go to Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, London, Gatwick Airport, Brighton, Streatham, Wimbledon and Sutton.
The typical off peak service from this station is as follows:
- 4 trains per hour (tph) to Bedford (operated by First Capital Connect)
- 4 tph to Brighton via Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, London and Gatwick Airport (First Capital Connect)
- 2 tph to Sutton via Luton Airport Parkway, St Albans, London and Wimbledon (First Capital Connect)
- 1 tph to Corby via Bedford, Wellingborough, and Kettering. (East Midlands Trains)
- 1 tph to London St Pancras International (East Midlands Trains)
- During the peaks First Capital Connect run services to Kent via central London jointly operated with Southeastern.
- East Midlands Trains InterCity services from Leeds, Sheffield and Derby run through at high speed, but do not always stop. Interchange with InterCity services can be made at Leicester and St Pancras.
- 1 bus per hour to Milton Keynes Central operated by Stagecoach in Bedford on behalf of Virgin Trains (VT99). This starts at Luton Airport and only calls at a limited number of express bus stops on route.
- 1 bus per hour to Luton Airport forming the return portion of the above
First Capital Connect trains serve several stations in Central London, including Farringdon and Blackfriars.
There was previously a shuttle bus service from the station to nearby London Luton Airport. However, this ceased following the construction of Luton Airport Parkway station, though there is the Virgin trains hourly coach service.
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