Transport Links
Biggleswade is served by the A1 road, which went right through the heart of the town until a bypass was built in the 1960s.
It is also accessible via rail lines that connect it to London Kings Cross, Stevenage and Hitchin to the south and St. Neots, Huntingdon and Peterborough to the north.
Regular local bus services connect Biggleswade with Hitchin, Sandy and Bedford along with less frequent services which connect with smaller towns and villages locally including Letchworth, Shefford, Wrestlingworth, Potton and Gamlingay. Service cutbacks by Stagecoach and funding problems by Bedfordshire County Council have seen the loss of many services to other local towns including Stevenage and Cambridge over the years. Stagecoach who acquired the United Counties Bus Company in November 1987 were the dominant bus operator although other operators have run services including Charles Cook, Go Whippet, JBS, Buffalo Travel. Following major cutbacks by Stagecoach in 2003, 2005 and 2007, increasing numbers of independent bus operators now run into Biggleswade. These operators include:
- Centrebus who run the 82 to Hitchin
- Herberts Travel operate the local town service and school routes
- J&D Travel operate service E7 to Arlesey and Letchworth
- Grant Palmer operate service 197 to Milton Keynes and 200 to Flitwick
- Meridian Line of Bassingbourn operate E1-E5 which run various routes between Biggleswade, Sandy, Wrestlingworth and Potton amongst other places.
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