Aspley Guise railway station
{{short description|Railway station in Bedfordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Aspley Guise
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Aspley Guise railway station 1.jpg
| borough = Aspley Guise, Central Bedfordshire
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.021|-0.632|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SP939367|25|SP939367}}
| manager = London Northwestern Railway
| platforms = 2
| code = APG
| classification = DfT category F2
| years = 1905
| events = Station opened
| years1 = 1 January 1917
| events1 = Station closed
| years2 = 5 May 1919
| events2 = Station reopened
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 9,408}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 2,858}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 4,146}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 4,650}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{decrease}} 3,320}}
| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
|mapframe=yes
|mapframe-zoom = 13
}}
Aspley Guise railway station serves the village of Aspley Guise in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the Bletchley{{snd}}Bedford Marston Vale Line. The station is served by West Midlands Trains local services, operating under the London Northwestern Railway brand.
The services operate using Class 150 diesel-electric multiple unit trains. It is one of the seven stations serving the Milton Keynes urban area,{{efn|The others are {{rws|Milton Keynes Central}}, {{rws|Bletchley}}, {{rws|Wolverton}}, {{rws|Fenny Stratford}}, {{rws|Bow Brickhill}} and {{rws|Woburn Sands}}}} albeit the only one located outside the City of Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire.
In 2016/17, the station was the least used in Bedfordshire.
History
Opened by the London and North Western Railway in October 1905, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 Grouping. The station passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
It was built initially as one of seven new halts for a steam rail motor service between Bedford & Bletchley inaugurated in the autumn of 1905 and was initially constructed of old sleepers; it temporarily closed for two years (January 1917-May 1919) as a World War 1 economy measure.[http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/aspley_guise/index.shtml Disused Stations - Aspley Guise]Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 7 September 2016 Under LMS auspices, it had its platforms rebuilt and these were lengthened again by BR in 1959.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways. The initial operating franchise was awarded to Silverlink County; the franchise was transferred to London Midland on 11 November 2007.
Services
All services at Aspley Guise are operated by London Northwestern Railway.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between {{stnlnk|Bletchley}} and {{stnlnk|Bedford}} which runs on weekdays and Saturdays only using {{brc|150}} DMUs. There is no Sunday service.{{cite web|url= https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/media/2947/download?inline|title=Bletchley to Bedford {{!}} Timetable from Monday 20 November 2023|website=London Northwestern Railway}}{{cite web|url=https://sacuksprodnrdigital0001.blob.core.windows.net/electronic-national-rail-timetable/electronic%20National%20Rail%20Timetable/01.%20May%202023/London%20North%20West%20route/063%20Bletchley%20to%20Bedford.pdf|title=GB eNRT May 2023 Edition, Table 63 |work=Network Rail}}{{cite web|url= https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/journey-planning/train-timetables-and-schedules?station=Aspley%20Guise&crs=APG |title=Train timetables and schedules {{!}} Aspley Guise|website=London Northwestern Railway}}{{cite web|url=https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/travel-information/service-disruptions/marston-vale-line-limited-timetable-running-until-early-2024|title= Marston Vale Line: Limited Timetable Running Until Early 2024|website=London Northwestern Railway|date=20 November 2023}}
{{adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system1=National Rail
|line1=London Northwestern Railway|type1=Marston Vale Line|left1=Woburn Sands|right1=Ridgmont
}}
Community Rail Partnership
Aspley Guise station, in common with others on the Marston Vale Line, is covered by the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,[http://www.marstonvalecommunityrail.org.uk Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership] which aims to increase use of the line by involving local people.
Notes
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References
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Sources
- {{Butt-Stations}}
- {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
- {{Jowett-Atlas}}
External links
{{commons category|Aspley Guise railway station}}
{{stn art lnk|APG|MK178HZ}}
- [http://www.trainspots.co.uk/locpage.php?ts_number=583 Trainspots: Aspley Guise Station]
- [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#493,236,1 Station on navigable O.S. map]
{{Railway stations in Bedfordshire}}
Category:Railway stations in Bedfordshire
Category:DfT Category F2 stations
Category:Former London and North Western Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1905
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1917
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919