The Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership is managed by Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity (BRCC), the leading community development agency working across Bedfordshire, with a proven track record built up over 60 years.
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Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership is one of a growing number of Community Rail Partnerships across the country.
They work to engage communities and help people get the most from their railways, promoting social inclusion and sustainable travel.
Community Rail Partnerships work alongside train operators to deliver improvements and bring stations back to life.
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E-mail
officer@marstonvalecommunityrail.org.uk
Phone
01234 832645
Post
Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,
The Old School, Cardington,
Bedford, Bedfordshire
MK44 3SX
Hop on the train into Bedford for the fantastic North Bedfordshire Campaign For Real Ale (North Beds Camra)) Beer & Cider Festival at Bedford Corn Exchange! Just a short walk from Bedford St Johns.
Lots of great live entertainment during the Festival. Food available too!
Check out northbeds.camra.org.uk for full details.
And with the last train to Bletchley at 10:38 on weekdays and 10:19 on Saturdays you can enjoy the Festival to the full!
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There is a minor adjustment to the timetable from today (1st October) until 15th December with journey times extended by 2 minutes. This is to accommodate autumn leaf fall which causes slippery rails.
For services towards Bedford:
Trains from Aspley Guise, Ridgmont, Lidlington, Millbrook and Stewartby will depart a minute later than usual.
Trains from Kempston Hardwick and Bedford St Johns will depart 2 minutes later than usual.
For services towards Bletchley:
Trains from Stewartby, Lidlington, Ridgmont and Aspley Guise will depart 1 minute later than usual.
Trains from Woburn Sands, Bow Brickhill and Fenny Stratford will depart 2 minutes later than usual.
Check out www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/autumntimetable
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Hop on the train to Bedford today (Saturday (27th September) for the fantastic Kempston & District Model Railway Society KDMRS Open Day at Kempston East Methodist Church.
Frequent Stagecoach, Grant Palmer & Uno bus service from Bedford to Kempston. Club layouts include Ridgmont Station in the 1950s. Refreshments available.
Open from 10:00 - 4:00. Free entry!
A really fitting event to mark the 200th anniversary of the first ever train service that ran on the Stockton & Darlington Railway on 27th September 1825!
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Hop on the train to the Bedfordshire Brickworks Exhibition at our very own Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre tomorrow (Friday 19th September ). Open from 10:00 – 4:00. Free entry!
Heritage Centre and Tea Room open as usual. All part of Heritage Open Days
Andrew Mortlock, London Brick Archivist, will be bringing an extensive collection of archives, photographs and ephemera connected with the brickworks that used to dominate the landscape along the Marston Vale Line and other areas of Bedfordshire. Andrew will also be bringing his collection of company magazines, the Phorpres News, containing records and photographs of London Brick Company workers.
Andrew and his family are steeped in London Brick with over 300 years’ service dating back to both his grandfathers.
Don’t forget Bedfordshire Bus Pass holders travel half price after 10:00 on weekdays. Groups of 3 – 9 adults travel for a third off with GroupSave too!
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I worked at Ridgmont Brick yard as chargehand smudger and the aerial ropeway with the smudge buckets on the ropeway.. and loading station. At top.of yard
It’s special opening at our very own Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre this week for Heritage Open Days!
Opening times for this week are Wednesday - Sunday 10:00 – 4:00.
Free guided tours provided by the Friends of Ridgmont Station.
Booking recommended for the Tea Room – call 01525 287120.
There are lots of other great places to visit across the Milton Keynes area this week too arranged by our friends Living Archive as part of Heritage Open Days. Check out www.marstonvalecommunityrail.org.uk/news/
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