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TRAVEL
Bow Brickhill is well situated for practically all forms
of travel: road, bus, train, air and even canal.
ROADS
Bow Brickhill is within easy reach
of junctions 13 and 14 of the M1 and also the A5.
BUSES
There is a bus service from the
village. For full details of Milton Keynes travel services visit the
local travel information site.
THE RAILWAY
On-line
train journey bookings
In 1846 the railway line came to Bow Brickhill and after a few years the
service was extended to run from Oxford to Cambridge. Today passengers
trains on the Marston Vale Line run only between Bletchley and
Bedford. There is a weekday and Saturday service but there is currently
no Sunday service. For information about the line and places en route
visit the Bedford to Bletchley Rail
Users' Association. The Bedford to Bletchley
Rail Users Association campaigns
actively to keep the line open and is always looking for new members.
East West Rail is a major project to establish
a strategic railway connecting East Anglia with Central Southern and the
West of England. A consortium of different councils, government
regional offices, development agencies, Railtrack and ports, is
currently working on the project. Details of the project are
available on the consortium's web site: www.eastwestrail.org.
Contact details are: Tel 01473 432066, Fax 01473 230851, E-mail
eastwestrail@ipswich.gov.uk.
For National Rail Enquiries: Tel 0345 484950.
To report rail journey problems to Silverlink Trains: Tel 01923 207258.
Vandalism, suspicious persons on tracks and other railway crime should
be reported to British Transport Police: Tel 0800 405040
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT is
just a few minutes drive from the village. More
information.
THE GRAND UNION CANAL
The Grand Union, originally the
Grand Junction, Canal runs just a couple of miles from the village.
More
information.
THE BEDFORD & MILTON KEYNES
WATERWAY
A Trust has been formed to advance
plans for a new waterway between the River Ouse near Bedford to the
Grand Union Canal, south Milton Keynes.
More information.
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