Trains to Milton Keynes Central - Station Details and further Information on Milton Keynes Train Services
Milton Keynes Central is a large train station that serves Central Milton Keynes and the surrounding area of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. The station is located on the West Coast Main Line between the stations of Bletchley and Wolverton, both of which are also within Milton Keynes. The station is served by Virgin Trains inter-city services and by London Midland local services. Also, Southern provide services to East Croydon via West London.
This station is one of the five stations serving Milton Keynes. The others are Wolverton (north Milton Keynes), Bletchley (south Milton Keynes), Fenny Stratford (also south Milton Keynes) and Bow Brickhill (south-east Milton Keynes). In addition, Woburn Sands train station is just outside the Milton Keynes boundary and serves the south-east of the Borough. Milton Keynes Central is by far the busiest and most important of these, as well as being the largest in terms of platforms in use, having overtaken Bletchley when platforms 2A and 6 became operational.
Milton Keynes Central is a principal stop on London Midland's services from Birmingham New Street to London and from Crewe to London. All London-bound trains run to London Euston, with some only stopping at Watford Junction and others stopping at every single station to Euston (a total of eleven intermediate stops). Northbound, London Midland's services operate to Northampton, Rugby and Coventry whilst the Crewe trains serve Nuneaton, Tamworth, Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent.
Virgin Trains stop many of their inter-city trains here to and from Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool,Holyhead and Glasgow. Since 2009 Milton Keynes has also been served by Southern, who provide a service to East Croydon, running via west London and connecting with services to Brighton. |