Bletchley railway station

Bletchley railway station serves the southern parts of Milton Keynes, England (especially Bletchley itself), and the north-eastern parts of Aylesbury Vale. It is northwest of , about east of and west of , and is one of the seven railway stations serving the Milton Keynes urban area. It includes junctions of the West Coast Main Line with the Bletchley-Bedford Marston Vale Line and the disused Bletchley-Oxford Varsity line. It is the nearest main line station for Bletchley Park (the World War II codebreaking centre and modern heritage attraction) and Stadium MK (the home of Milton Keynes Dons F.C). West Coast Main LineMarston Vale Line and Varsity Line The London and Birmingham Railway, now part of the "West Coast Main Line", was officially opened from Euston as far as (approximately one mile north of Bletchley station) on 9 April 1838, where a temporary station was built. The line was fully opened in September 1838, and Bletchley station opened some time between 2 November 1838 and 20 June 1839. The station was known as Bletchley & Fenny Stratford between 1841 and 1846 and after the opening of the Marston Vale line was referred to in timetables as Bletchley Junction from 1851 to 1870. Originally a major intercity station, that role passed to Milton Keynes Central in 1982 when the latter was opened, long after the east–west route had been downgraded, taking Bletchley's importance as a junction with it. The eastward route (to ) opened in 1846. The westward route (to ) opened in 1850. This east–west route subsequently became the – "Varsity Line". On 14 October 1939, an express passenger train was in a collision with another train. Five people were killed and more than 30 were injured. There are six platforms in use, numbered 1 to 6 from west to east. Platforms 1 and 2, on the fast lines, see little or no use unless other platforms are unavailable. Platforms 3 and 4 serve the WCML slow lines and are used by London Northwestern Railway services between Euston and Birmingham New Street.

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Varsity Line

The Varsity Line was the main railway line that linked the English university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, operated by the London and North Western Railway. In World War II, the line became a strategic route for freight avoiding London, and additional connections were made to nearby lines to improve it, but was not greatly used for its intended purpose. After the war, the line was again scheduled to be developed as a strategic route, but that scheme was never fully implemented either.

Bletchley

Bletchley is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in the south-west of Milton Keynes, and is split between the civil parishes of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford and West Bletchley. Bletchley is best known for Bletchley Park, the headquarters of Britain's World War II codebreaking organisation, and now a major tourist attraction. The National Museum of Computing is also located on the Park. History of Milton Keynes and Bletchley railway station The town name is Anglo-Saxon and means Blæcca's clearing.

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes est une ville nouvelle du Buckinghamshire, en Angleterre. La ville est née d'une loi votée par le Parlement britannique en 1967, et gérée par une autorité unitaire depuis 1992 (comté de Milton Keynes). Avec plus de , c’est aujourd’hui la plus importante des villes nouvelles en Angleterre. Milton Keynes est également le centre urbain qui enregistre la plus forte expansion grâce à trois décennies de succès et de croissance économique rapide.