| Useful Contact
Numbers for Local Bus Services |
| Stagecoach East (Mars services) |
01604 676060 |
Website page for
Stagecoach |
| Meridian Travel (E1-6 services) |
N/A |
N/A |
| Central Bedfordshire Council |
0300 300 8000 |
Website
Page for
Central Beds |
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Bedford Borough Council |
01234 718005 |
Website Page for
Beds Borough Council |
| J & D Travel (E7 Service - Sandy Baldock,
Letchworth) |
01462 629469 |
N/A |
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| Here is a useful link to transport information in Bedfordshire |
Bus Stop (Independent Travel Information site) |
| National Travel |
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| National Express |
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+44 (0) 8717 81 81 78 |
Website Page for
National Express |
| Rail Information |
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1. Services to London Kings Cross run throughout the
day from Sandy and it takes between 45 mins and 1 hour depending in the
service. All trains stop at all stations between Sandy and Stevenage. Services
run at approximately 20-30 minute intervals during the morning and evening
peak travel times and approximately 30-45 minute intervals during off-peak.
Some trains during off peak require a change at Stevenage on to a National
Express East Coast express, which then runs into Kings Cross only.
After Stevenage, some services stop at intermediate stations, such as Knebworth,
Welwyn North, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Potters Bar and Finsbury Park.
"Fast" services only stop at Finsbury Park and Kings Cross after Stevenage.
Passengers for 'local' stations into London will need to change at Welwyn
Garden City or Potters Bar (Note that the 'Fast' services do not stop at
these two intermediate stations). Stevenage is also the change station for
services into Hertford North and Moorgate - these services stop at all intermediate
stations, including Watton-at-Stone, Gordon Hill, Palmers Green. |
Services in and out of Kings Cross through
Sandy are operated by:
First
Capital Connect and
National Express East Coast
(NB National Express East Coast Mainline services do NOT
stop at Sandy - You would need to embark at Stevenage or Peterborough -
First Capital Connect Services operate trains which will get you from Sandy
to either Stevenage or Peterborough, where you can connect.)
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| 2. The northbound service runs to Peterborough, stopping
at St Neots and Huntingdon. The service terminates at Peterborough but it
is possible to get connections to Newark, Doncaster, York, Durham, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Edinburgh and north-eastern Scotland. Trains from Peterborough also run
east and west and it is possible to travel to Birmingham and beyond in a
westerly direction. Eastwards, trains run over to Cambridge, Bury St Edmunds
and Ipswich, where there is a connection to the London to Norwich line.
There is also a service to Stansted Airport, either direct or via
Ely and Cambridge. |
Services from Sandy to Peterborough are
operated by:
First Capital Connect |
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| 3. Bedford station is on the Midland Mainline and gives
fast access to Leicester, Derby, Nottingham Chesterfield, Sheffield and
Leeds (change at Leicester or Derby depending on service, as well as some
intermediate services to Kettering. Southbound services run through Luton,
Luton Parkway (Bus link to Airport), St Albans, Mill Hill and into St Pancras.
There are also direct Thameslink services to Gatwick and Brighton, with
useful stops at London Thameslink (Kings Cross), London Bridge and East
Croydon, Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill. |
Service from Bedford are operated by:
Midland Mainline and
First Capital Connect
Services from Luton Parkway (including Airport bus transfer service) operated
by
First Capital Connect
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| 4. There is a local service the runs between Bedford
St Johns and Bletchley, which connects some of the outlying villages, including
Ridgmont and Woburn Sands. From Bletchley it is possible to connect to London
Euston. |
Services
from Bedford St Johns are run by:
Silverlink |
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| 5. The Trainline allows you to book your rail
journeys online and can save you over 40% vs buying on the day |
Website Page for the
thetrainline.com |
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| Airline Information |
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| The area is well served by
Luton
and
Stansted
airports, with easy access to
Gatwick via Thameslink trains.
Heathrow and
Birmingham are within driving distance, so it is reasonably
easy to fly out to almost anywhere in the world.
Luton and
Stansted are served by
Easyjet and
Ryanair, both low-cost no frills airlines offering
literally 100's of European destinations. Care should be exercised when
taking Ryanair flights, as they generally fly into European regional airports,
some distance from the main destination, e.g. Girona for Barcelona. However,
feedback from Ryanair travellers indicates that although it takes quite
a bit longer in some cases to get to their final destination and including
the cost of transfer by taxi, coach or train service, the overall savings
vs standard airlines, such as BA, Lufhansa, SAS etc., is still worth the
effort. |
