Milton Keynes Central Railway Station - Services

Services

Milton Keynes Central is a principal stop on London Midland's services from Birmingham New Street to London and from Crewe to London Euston. All London-bound trains run to Euston, with some only stopping at Watford Junction and other with a more intermittent stopping pattern. The pattern is as follows (some peak hour and morning/evening services call also at Apsley, Kings Langley and Bushey):

• xx.04 Watford Junction and London Euston
• xx.21 Bletchley, Leighton Buzzard, Berkhamsted, Hemel Hempstead, Watford Junction and London Euston
• xx.41 Bletchley, Leighton Buzzard and London Euston
• xx.47 Bletchley, Leighton Buzzard, Cheddington, Tring, Berkhamsted, Hemel Hempstead, Watford Junction and London Euston

Northbound, London Midland's services operate to Northampton, Rugby and Coventry whilst the Crewe trains serve Nuneaton, Tamworth, Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent. There are four departures per hour to London Euston on a weekday, and three departures per hour to the north.

Virgin Trains stop many of their inter-city trains here, with three services an hour in each direction off-peak on weekdays. These are the services to Birmingham New Street, Manchester Piccadilly and Chester. Additional services operate at other times to Liverpool Lime Street, Glasgow Central, north Wales and other destinations.

Since 2009 Milton Keynes has also been served by Southern, who provide an hourly service to South Croydon, running via west London and connecting with services to Brighton. Across the three operators, six trains per hour head north and eight south from the station.

From 2012 at the soonest services will operate direct eastwards onto the Marston Vale line to Woburn Sands and Bedford.

From 2017 services will operate over the East West Rail Link westwards via Winslow to Aylesbury, High Wycombe and London Marylebone and to Bicester Town, Oxford and Reading.