Marston Vale line to/from were transferred here from the old LNWR St Johns station in May 1984. A new connection, which runs along the formation formerly used by the abandoned line to Hitchin (closed to passenger traffic from 1 January 1962 and completely three years later), was laid from the Marston Vale branch up to the main line to permit this. The original St Johns station closed on 14 May 1984 with a replacement halt on the new chord opening the same day. Bletchley trains henceforth used a bay platform (numbered 1A) on the eastern side of the station. Services The station is served by three operators and managed by Thameslink. East Midlands Railway London Northwestern Railway (Service suspended from December 2022) Thameslink East Midlands Railway services that call at Bedford are run under the sub brand of “EMR Connect”. This service started in May 2021 and is operated by Class 360 Electric Multiple Units running on the twice hourly stopping service from London St Pancras to Corby. Occasional “EMR Intercity” services do call at Bedford during the peak hours and on Sunday mornings to Nottingham and Leicester without requiring a connection at Kettering. The station is the northern terminus of the Thameslink route with Thameslink services operating to Brighton through St Albans and London St Pancras. Services from the station also call at Luton Airport Parkway and Gatwick Airport. Additional services start or terminate at Gatwick Airport or . These services use electric multiple units. Thameslink also runs a few services a day to Sutton on the Sutton Loop line, via both Wimbledon and Mitcham Junction. London Northwestern Railway operates local services to via the Marston Vale Line using Class 230 units. There is no Sunday service on this line. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: 2tph to Brighton via Gatwick Airport (Thameslink) 2tph to Three Bridges via Redhill (Thameslink) 2tph to London St Pancras (East Midlands Railway) 2tph to Corby (East Midlands Railway) 1tph to Bletchley (London Northwestern Railway) Service currently suspended Service summary Community Rail Partnership In common with other stations on the Bedford to Bletchley Marston Vale line, Bedford station is covered by the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership. The partnership aims to increase use of the Marston Vale line by getting local people involved with their local line. A second CRP with Bedford Midland as its northern terminus - the Beds