the West Coast Main Line and the Midland Main Line. Route X5 route between Oxford and Bedford stops here, as do their X4 and X7 interurban bus routes to Northampton, Leicester and Peterborough. Arriva Shires & Essex also operate route X60 to Aylesbury, which terminates at the station. (National Express services run from the Milton Keynes Coachway, about away, served from this station by the 300 bus or the X5.) The Milton Keynes redway system, a comprehensive network of cycle/pedestrian shared use paths, connects to the station and its cycle parking facilities. Also in the station forecourt, there is a taxi rank (to the left on exit) and a pick-up space for private hire cars (to the right), plus limited (very) short term parking. There are multi-storey car-parks to the north and south of the station. Parking in the surrounding streets is heavily restricted to discourage commuter parking. The station square itself is a favourite site for skateboarding and freestyle BMX and as a result the granite facings of the planting surrounds have suffered from the continuous bumping and grinding. This has lessened somewhat since the opening of a dedicated skateboarding park (Sk8 MK) close to the former central bus station. Services Current services London Northwestern Railway Milton Keynes Central is a principal start and terminus for London Northwestern Railway (LNR) services to/from London Euston, and a major stop on others terminating/initiating at , or . The typical off-peak service provided by London Northwestern Railway is: 1 tph to 2 tph to via 5 tph to , of which 2 are stopping services, 2 call at , and only, and 1 does not stop at any intermediate stations. Avanti West Coast Many Avanti West Coast inter-city services call here, with three calls an hour in each direction off-peak on weekdays: 3 tph to , fast 1 tph to , calling at and 1 tph to , calling at , , and 1 tph to via , extending alternately to or . 2 trains per day run to instead of . Future services East West Rail From 2025, services are planned to operate (over a rebuilt Varsity line) to via Bletchley, calling at and . A desire to extend services to and beyond remains unfulfilled because it depends on building a new alignment eastwards between Bedford and Cambridge: a preferred route has been chosen but () awaits approval. In October 2019,