Ridgmont railway station is a small unstaffed railway station that serves the village of Ridgmont in Bedfordshire. The station is about away from Ridgmont on the other side of the M1 Motorway, (beside Junction 13), Brogborough and Husborne Crawley.
It is on the Bletchley — Bedford Marston Vale line.
History The station opened as Ridgemount on 18 November 1846, and was renamed to Ridgmont some time in the 1860s.
Facilities The former station house, built in 1846 in the Cottage Orné architectural style, underwent a total refurbishment in 2014 managed by the Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity (BRCC) with funding from the Railway Heritage Trust. A tea room, gift shop, disabled access and toilets, additional car parking, two small 'start-up' offices and a meeting room have been provided. The former Victorian booking office has been restored as a small heritage centre.Restored Ridgmont Station Now Open! Friends of Fenny Stratford (undated)
Services All services at Ridgmont are operated by London Northwestern Railway.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between and which runs on weekdays and Saturdays only using DMUs. There is no Sunday service.
, the stopping pattern of EWR services between Bletchley and Bedford remains to be determined, so the service pattern shown here is speculative.
Community Rail Partnership Ridgmont station, in common with others on the Marston Vale Line, is covered by the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership which aims to increase use of the line by involving local people.
Future proposals It is planned that the Marston Vale line will be upgraded as part of the East West Rail programme, to permit running. The Oxford-Bedford services are planned to stop here.What train services will run on East West Rail (Western Section)? East West Rail Consortium, 2015. Retrieved 31/03/18 The station is also planned to be relocated as part of the programme.
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