Millbrook railway station (Bedfordshire)

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Millbrook railway station (Bedfordshire)

Millbrook railway station serves the villages of Millbrook and Marston Moretaine in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the Marston Vale Line between Stewartby and Lidlington and is the main stop for the Marston Vale Millennium Country Park.

History
- Opened in 1846 by the Bedford Railway as Marston. It was renamed Ampthill (Marston) in March 1847 to avoid confusion with Ampthill.
- In 1877 the nearby Ampthill station was renamed Millbrook for Ampthill, and the station eventually became known as Millbrook in 1910.
- The station had goods traffic, including brick traffic. A siding for bricks opened in 1928, and brick traffic grew in the 1930s.
- A public house called the Morteyne Arms stood opposite the station.
- Goods services ended in 1964, and the station became an unstaffed halt in 1968. The station building was later restored and converted to a private home. In 1999 the platforms were rebuilt to the standard height used by modern trains.
- In 2021, a memorial bench for Captain Tom Moore was unveiled on the platform.

Services
- All trains at Millbrook are operated by London Northwestern Railway.
- Typical off-peak service is 1 train per hour in each direction between Bletchley and Bedford (weekdays and Saturdays). There is no Sunday service.
- The station has 2 platforms.

Location and significance
- Millbrook is on the Marston Vale Line, between Stewartby and Lidlington, and is the principal stop for the nearby Millennium Country Park. It is a small, rural station with a Gothic Revival, half-timbered station building history.