Flitwick railway station is in the centre of Flitwick, in Bedfordshire, England. The station is situated on the Midland Main Line. The station is managed by Thameslink, who operate all trains serving it, and is served by Thameslink route services between Bedford and Brighton. As well as Flitwick itself, the station also serves the adjoining town of Ampthill, which no longer has its own station.

Flitwick
View across Flitwick station towards the main building on the Down side, 13 January 2007
General information
Location	Flitwick, District of Central Bedfordshire England
Coordinates	52.004°N 0.495°W / 52.004; -0.495
Grid reference	TL034350
Managed by	Thameslink
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	FLT
Classification	DfT category D
Passengers
2016/17	1.518 million
2017/18	1.587 million
2018/19	1.631 million
2019/20	1.555 million
2020/21	0.297 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

From Flitwick, trains travel north and serve Bedford and southbound trains serve Luton, Luton Airport Parkway, Harpenden, St Albans, London St Pancras, Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

History

It was built by the Midland Railway in 1870 on its extension to St. Pancras. The original station buildings were restored in the early 1980s.[1]

There were originally platforms for two lines. This remained the case when the line was quadrupled. The up goods opened in 1893 and extended to Harlington in 1894; and the down goods opened in 1895. It was not until 1960 that British Railways added extra platforms to cater for extended stopping services between Bedford and London.[2]

Stationmasters

Services

All services at Flitwick are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]

• 4 tph to Bedford
• 2 tph to Brighton
• 2 tph to Gatwick Airport via Redhill

During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services to and from Rainham, Sutton, East Grinstead and Littlehampton. A number of peak hour services run non-stop between Flitwick and Luton.

The station is also served by a half-hourly night service between Bedford and Three Bridges on Sunday to Friday nights.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bedford		Thameslink Thameslink		Harlington
				Luton Peak Hours Only
	Historical railways
Ampthill Line open, station closed		Midland Railway Midland Main Line		Harlington Line and station open

Facilities

Flitwick station has a waiting room, take away cafe, newsagent, telephones, toilet and a car park.

The station has the PlusBus scheme where train and bus tickets can be bought together at a saving. It is in the same area as Harlington station.

There are two entrances to the station: one into the ticket office from Steppingley Road and the other directly onto the footbridge from Dunstable Road, which in 2016 had gates installed restricting access to the now staffed ticket office through the night.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flitwick railway station.

• Train times and station information for Flitwick railway station from National Rail