Places to see in ( Leighton Buzzard - UK )
Places to see in ( Leighton Buzzard - UK )
Leighton Buzzard is a town in Bedfordshire, England near the Chiltern Hills and lying between Luton and Milton Keynes.
Leighton Buzzard adjoins Linslade and the name Leighton Linslade is sometimes used to refer to the combination of the two towns; parts of this article also apply to Linslade as well as Leedon. For local government purposes, the town of Leighton Buzzard is part of the Central Bedfordshire district and is administered jointly with Linslade as the civil parish of Leighton-Linslade.
Leighton Buzzard is also famous as the Grand Union Canal was opened there. More recently, Leighton Buzzard station was the location for part of the film Robbery, which is based on the so-called Great Train Robbery (1963), whereas the actual robbery took place just outside the town, at Bridego bridge, Ledburn. In the Domesday Book, Leighton Buzzard and Linslade were both called Leestone.
Leighton Buzzard contains All Saints' Church, an Early English parish church dating from 1277. The church has a 190 ft spire and has been described as the 'cathedral of South Bedfordshire'. The town is also known for the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway, a narrow gauge heritage railway. After the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Leighton Buzzard became the centre of a poor law union that consisted of 15 surrounding parishes with the union workhouse (still standing) being sited in Grovebury Road.
Leighton Buzzard is close to the M1 motorway and A5 road, and is served by London Midland and Southern services on the West Coast Main Line railway at Leighton Buzzard railway station (in Linslade). The Grand Union Canal runs through the town, alongside the River Ouzel. Leighton Buzzard is served by the F70 bus route, operated by Arriva, which provides a direct Bus rapid transit service to Luton via the Luton to Dunstable Busway, with an onward connection to Luton Airport.
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Busy Evening at Leighton Buzzard, WCML | 21/08/18
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A brilliant hour at Leighton Buzzard on the West Coast Mainline during the peak time hours of Tuesday 21st August 2018. We had loads of time to kill here inwhich we planned to head to Bletchley later on, however it never turned out as planned.
Leighton Buzzard info:
Leighton Buzzard railway station serves the Leighton Buzzard and Linslade area of Bedfordshire and nearby parts of Buckinghamshire. Actually situated in Linslade, the station is 40 miles (64 km) north west of London Euston and is served by London Midland services on the West Coast Main Line. Until the 1960s the station was the start of a branch to Dunstable and Luton, with a junction just north of the present station. The station has four platforms. Platforms 1 & 2 serve the fast lines and are used by Virgin Trains services running non-stop to/from London Euston. Platforms 3 & 4 are served by slower London Midland services to/from London Euston and by Southern services between East Croydon and Milton Keynes Central.
Page's Park railway station, terminus for the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (a narrow gauge heritage railway), is on the opposite side of the town.
History:
The first station simply known as Leighton was opened by the London and Birmingham Railway on 9 April 1838 as part of the first section of its line from London Euston to Denbigh Hall. The line had originally been planned to pass through Buckingham but opposition from the Duke of Buckingham ensured that it forced east through Linslade. A station with two-facing platforms was opened a ¼-mile south of the Linslade tunnels. These are arranged unusually for a four track main line: the southbound slow line has a tunnel to itself as does the northbound fast line, however the northbound slow and southbound fast lines share a tunnel.
In May 1848, the station became a junction when a branch line to Dunstable was opened. The London and North Western Railway replaced the first station in February 1859 by another more permanent structure located 8 chains (160 m) to the south. The new building had an imposing frontage featuring arched windows. Access to the Dunstable branch was controlled by Leighton No. 2 signal box situated to the north of the station, while the actual branch signals were controlled by the main line box to the south. In 1874, land was purchased to the south of the station alongside the Dunstable branch for the construction of goods sidings.
The LNWR was absorbed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 railway grouping and, in 1927, it added a crossover between the fast and slow lines. This was to play a significant role in the derailment of Royal Scot No. 6114 Coldstream Guardsman at Linslade on 22 March 1931 when the driver took the crossover at 50–60 mph instead of the regulation 15 mph. There had been a diversion in place on the fast lines and the driver had missed the warning signals. The engine overturned and six people were killed including the driver and fireman. The Scotland amateur football team was on the train.
In 1957-8 the platform buildings were rebuilt and a concrete awning placed over the platform. At the entrance a larger booking / waiting hall, central heating, electric lighting and the cycle storage, parcels and loading bay were improved.
The Great Train Robbery of 1963 occurred just south of this station, at Bridego Bridge near Ledburn, at a bridge on the southbound stretch towards Cheddington. Wing Yard was closed in February 1967 and it is now used as a car park, while the branch to Dunstable was closed from June.
Services:
The station is served by London Northwestern Railway and Southern, and is managed by West Midland Trains. Southbound, three London Northwestern Railway trains depart per hour on weekdays, one of which runs non-stop to London. Additionally, one Southern train per hour runs to East Croydon. Northbound, two trains an hour run to Milton Keynes Central, one from London Northwestern Railway and the other from Southern, one train per hour to Northampton and two trains an hour to Birmingham New Street. There is also one train on weekdays to and from Crewe and some services to/from Crewe on Sundays.
Accidents and incidents:
On 22 March 1931, a passenger train was derailed due to excessive speed through a crossover. Six people were killed.
The station played host to a tragic event on 11 April 2011 when a 43-year-old woman named Rachel James, from Uxbridge, Middlesex, kissed an elderly passenger aboard the 16.25 Northampton to London Euston service which was approaching the station from the north, and set fire to herself within the confines of a train toilet with a can of explosive gas. The train immediately stopped at the station and the passengers were evacuated. The unusual suicide method caused great distress to the passengers and closed the West Coast Main Line for several hours whilst emergency services attended to the fire.
The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway - Guard's Eye View
On the 13/11/2016 I managed to film a guard's eye view of the full journey over the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway from the observation carriage at the back of the train. The journey starts from Stonehenge Works & finishes at Page's Park.
Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Preserved Steam Railway Buzzrail LBNGR Gala 2018
Footage taken of the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Gala September 2018 featuring Passenger, Freight and mixed trains
Footage is taken at various points along the railway including at the main Pages Park station, Leedon loop where the trains cross and along Vandyke Road
Leighton Buzzard NG Railway 3
Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway 50th Anniversary Gala, 30th September/1st October. Lots of steam and a diesel parade. Filmed at various locations on the railway.
Gets Green freestyle Leighton Buzzard.
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GetsGreen freestyle video 2018 filmed in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.
The Howl 2019, Leighton Buzzard Scare Event | VLOG
MJ and Rich were brave souls and travelled to Leighton Buzzard! There, they experienced the excellent The Howl scare event featuring five spooky haunts, street actors and more.
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The Leighton Buzzard Steam-Up
It's more than twenty years since we last visited the Leighton Buzzard Railway. Back in the 1980s we made a number of trips to, and on, this nearly three mile narrow gauge line that runs from Pages Park, on the outskirts of Leighton Buzzard, to Stonehenge Works which is..... in the middle of nowhere.
The line opened in 1919 to carry sand from the local quarries, using track and stock left over from the First World War. Since the opening, the town has expanded, engulfing the railway in housing estates for most of its length, but it's this suburban setting which gives this quirky little line much of its charm, with trains threading their way between houses, appearing through gaps in hedges and crossing roads on un-gated crossings.
September 11th & 12th was the steam-up weekend, with six engines in action. Three on the service trains, two giving shunting demonstrations at Stonehenge Works and one on driver for a fiver duties at Pages Park.
The video is from the Sunday, when well-broken cloud allowed the early autumn sunshine to give some very nice lighting conditions.
Charlie visits the Leighton Buzzard Railway
Probably the wettest train ride we have ever been on with a monumental thunderstorm on the outbound journey - we felt very sorry for the loco crew, it must have been 'orrible!
Pity we caught the last train of the day it certainly needed more of a look round, but, like Arni, we'll be back!
6.3.19, One day of commuting between Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable
Two shouts and a bad van driver.
Rush Hour Trains at: Leighton Buzzard, WCML, 05/07/19
An amazing evening spent at Leighton Buzzard on the West Coast Mainline where we see no end of services from London Northwestern Railway, Virgin Trains, Southern and freight from Freightliner, GBRF, DB Cargo UK and Royal Mail.
The station was opened by the London and Birmingham Railway in 1838 and was simply known as Leighton, the line had been planned to go through Buckingham but this was opposed by the Duke of Buckingham which forced the line to head east through Linslade. The original line was dual track.
In 1848 the station became a junction when the branch line to Dunstable was opened. This was used by freight and passenger traffic, the freight traffic would typically take animals from Dunstable and bring them to Leighton Buzzard where they would be unloaded and taken up into the high street for the local market. Freight traffic was introduced to the line in 1859 when the London and Northwestern Railway acquired the line to build a new station and incorporate a freight yard known as Wing Yard. The new station was located 160 metres to the south of the old station. This is now the current site of the station. The station used to have 2 signal boxes, the northern signal box controlled access to the branch line and the signal box to the south of the station was used for the actual control of the signals for the line, yes I know that doesn't make any sense what so ever but it seemed to work for them at the time.
In 1927 the LMS (London Midland and Scottish Railway) had created a cross over junction for the slow and fast lines. By this time the line had been made into 4 lines because of the amount of traffic running along the line, this was to play a major role in the first major train crash at Leighton Buzzard in 1931 when a driver on-board Royal-scot hit the cross over at 50-60 mph when he was actually supposed to take it at 15mph, 6 people died that day including the driver and the fireman as the loco turned over as it hit the junction.
In 1957 to 1958 the station buildings were rebuilt and a new concrete awning was constructed over the platforms, at the entrance to the station there was a new booking/waiting hall, central heating, electric lighting and a cycle storage area.
In 1967 Wing Yard was closed to freight traffic following the closure of the Dunstable branch line. The yard is now the car park which you see during the entirety of the film.
In 1989 the station went through a £1.8million make over which also included the platforms being lengthened to accommodate 12 car trains.
The latest change to this station was the removal of the old footbridge that would allow you to cross the station without having to go through the station building. So you could walk from Southcourt Avenue to the park behind the car park.
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Leighton Buzzard 1966
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Leighton Buzzard Light Railway from SVCD 2006
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Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Preserved Railway - Take a Little Train to the Front
Footage taken at the Leighton Buzzard 2 foot gauge narrow gauge preserved railway at its 'take a little train to the front' event, 29th August 2016
Details of forthcoming events at the railway can be found on their 'buzzrail' website
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Flight over Leighton Buzzard sep 2018
Flight over Leighton Buzzard September 2018, featuring closed north bound by-pass, Tiddenfoot, Sandhills, Astral Park, Cherry Court, Vandyke, Heath & Reach, Plantation, Linslade, Biddeford Green. Soulbury and nearby.
Leighton Buzzard by air...
Flight over closed by-pass and town
074 - Further South on the GU: Fenny Stratford to Leighton Buzzard.
In this video we travel from Fenny Stratford to Leighton Buzzard on the Grand Union Canal. We are driven a little loopy by the sun. If you don't make it all the way through the video, just skip to 14:32 for the bloopers.
We also contemplate getting closer to London and discuss our apprehensions about cruising through the city.
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Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Simplex Centenary Record Breaking 16 Header Train
Footage taken on the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Preserved Railway on 29th May 2016
As part of its Simplex Centenary Weekend the railway attempted a record breaking run with as many Simplex locomotives hauling a train as possible. In the end they managed to muster 16 on the front of the train with the National Railway Museums 40hp Protected Simplex LR3098 at the rear
The train is seen being formed at Stonehenge works, at a couple of places on route and finally arriving at Page Park station after most of the engines had been removed at Leadon Loop
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I'm at Leighton Buzzard train station
Season 7, Episode 154 - Leighton Buzzard
Our ninth station of the day brings us one station up from Cheddington and brings us to another of the interchange stations on the line in Leighton Buzzard
In this video, we see a variety of Southern Railways, Virgin Trains and London Midland stock heading for a variety of destinations including East Croydon, Milton Keynes Central, Crewe, Liverpool Lime Street and London Euston
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