Central Bedfordshire Railway Statistics

There are eleven railway stations in Central Bedfordshire.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Leighton Buzzard 1,142,588
  2. 2 Flitwick 1,089,904
  3. 3 Biggleswade 753,050
  4. 4 Arlesey 552,150
  5. 5 Sandy 524,068
  6. 6 Harlington 266,208
  7. 7 Stewartby 72,444
  8. 8 Ridgmont 11,570
  9. 9 Lidlington 11,542
  10. 10 Millbrook 6,566

Least Used Stations

The five Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Aspley Guise 4,650
  2. 2 Millbrook 6,566
  3. 3 Lidlington 11,542
  4. 4 Ridgmont 11,570
  5. 5 Stewartby 72,444

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Central Bedfordshire peaked during 2018-19 with 6,154,318 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 21% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 74% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Central Bedfordshire table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-982,992,359
1998-993,337,578
1999-003,545,827
2000-013,588,946
2001-023,718,227
2002-033,796,196
2003-04 
2004-054,045,208
2005-064,187,094
2006-074,475,623
2007-084,722,242
2008-094,679,224
2009-104,490,798
2010-114,727,628
2011-124,990,308
2012-135,187,590
2013-145,325,874
2014-155,698,590
2015-165,698,590
2016-176,056,582
2017-186,110,522
2018-196,154,318
2019-206,009,334
2020-211,241,632
2021-223,423,318
2022-234,434,740
2023-24