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Wolverton, now part of Milton Keynes, was chosen because it was the approximate half-way point of the line. Just to the south is Old Wolverton Road bridge and Blue Bridge and to the north is Wolverton Viaduct, both original to the L&BR. Immediately north of the bridge is the Royal Train Shed. [1]
Permission to build the 4-mile (6.4 km) long single line branch railway was obtained on 16 June 1863 in the Newport Pagnell Railway Act 1863. [4] The line opened for goods in 1866, with passenger services commencing on 2 September 1867. [1] [5] The line was officially absorbed by the LNWR in 1875.
Fenny Stratford is a railway station that serves the Fenny Stratford area of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It is on the Marston Vale line that links Bletchley and Bedford, about one mile (1.7 km) east of Bletchley railway station. This station is one of seven serving the Milton Keynes urban area.
The northern WCML as it weaves through the Lune Gorge in Cumbria alongside the M6. The spine between London Euston and Glasgow Central is 399 miles (642 km) long, [1] with principal InterCity stations at Watford Junction, Milton Keynes Central, Rugby, Stafford, Crewe, Warrington Bank Quay, Wigan North Western, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme Lake District, Penrith and Carlisle.
Wolverton railway station serves Wolverton, a constituent town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The station is on the West Coast Main Line, about 52 miles (84 km) from Euston, between Milton Keynes Central and Northampton. The station is one of the seven stations serving the Milton Keynes urban area. [a]
Bletchley railway station serves the southern parts of Milton Keynes, England (especially Bletchley itself), and the north-eastern parts of Aylesbury Vale.It is 47 miles (76 km) northwest of Euston, about 32 miles (51 km) east of Oxford and 17 miles (27 km) west of Bedford, and is one of the seven railway stations serving the Milton Keynes urban area.
Wolverton Viaduct is a railway bridge carrying the West Coast Main Line over the River Great Ouse to the north of Wolverton, part of Milton Keynes, in south-eastern England. Built in 1838 for the London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) to the design of Robert Stephenson, it was the largest viaduct on the L&BR's route.
It is the terminus of many slower trains out of Euston and platform 4 provides a turnaround for these trains. All services at Tring are operated by London Northwestern Railway. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [7] 4 tph to London Euston (2 semi-fast, 2 stopping) 2 tph to Milton Keynes Central