Marston Vale is an area of Bedfordshire. It lies to the south west of Bedford and Kempston, near Junction 13 of the M1 motorway. Historically it was one of the main brickmaking districts in England, home of the London Brick Company, now a division of Hanson plc. The brickmaking activity left scars across the landscape of the Marston Vale as large tracts of land were dug for clay. Most of the claypits are now exhausted, and most of the brickmaking chimneys have been demolished. The legacy of the abandoned brickworks also adds to the impression that the Marston Vale has been despoiled by decades of industrial activity and it is now searching for a new identity. In more recent years the local authorities have taken the opportunity to reuse the clay pits for landfills at Stewartby and Brogborough, both of which are recently capped and closed down.
The MarstonVale line is the line between Bletchley and Bedford in England, a surviving remnant of the former Varsity Line between Oxford and Cambridge...
MarstonVale is an area of Bedfordshire. It lies to the south west of Bedford and Kempston, near Junction 13 of the M1 motorway. Historically it was one...
The Forest of MarstonVale is an evolving community forest in MarstonVale, which runs south west from the towns of Bedford and Kempston in Bedfordshire...
includes junctions of the West Coast Main Line with the Bletchley–Bedford MarstonVale line and the disused Bletchley–Oxford Varsity Line. It is the nearest...
reconstructed Oxford-Bicester line and the existing Bletchley–Bedford MarstonVale line (leaving just Bicester–Bletchley to be rebuilt); This work is in...
announced its plans to procure three two-car D-Train units for use on the MarstonVale line during October 2017. In April 2019, four months later than intended...
St Albans Abbey (the St Albans Abbey Line) Bletchley – Bedford (the MarstonVale Line) Silverlink Metro operated these services. Note: Changes during...
Fenny Stratford area of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. It is on the MarstonVale line that links Bletchley and Bedford, about one mile (1.7 km) east of...
Trains announced that it would procure three 2-car D-Trains for the MarstonVale line and the first unit entered service in April 2019. Transport for...
of two railway stations in Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, on the MarstonVale Line linking Bletchley and Bedford. It is unstaffed and is operated by...
Local clay has been used for brick-making of Fletton-style bricks in the MarstonVale. Glacial erosion of chalk has left hard flint nodules deposited as gravel—these...
from London St Pancras to the East Midlands and the terminus of the MarstonVale line from Bletchley through Bedford St Johns. The original station was...
of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. The station is on the MarstonVale line between Bedford and Bletchley, about 4 miles (6.5 km) east of Bletchley...
railway station, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) away on the MarstonVale Line. The place-name 'Marston Moretaine' is first attested in an Anglo-Saxon charter...
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the Bletchley — Bedford MarstonVale line, about 2 miles (3.25 km) east of Bletchley. The station is served...
open with signalers on duty at the MarstonVale Signalling Centre at Ridgmont. It is planned that the MarstonVale line will be upgraded as part of the...
Kempston Hardwick station, in common with others on the MarstonVale Line, is covered by the MarstonVale Community Rail Partnership, which aims to increase...
tipping of household and industrial refuse into the old clay pits in the MarstonVale area. London Brick Landfill was merged into Shanks Group in 1988. Between...
to the north east of Bletchley railway station, on a siding off the MarstonVale line. The depot is operated by West Midlands Trains (trading as London...
25 November 2022. "MarstonVale: Buses replace trains until further notice". LNWR Twitter. Retrieved 1 December 2022. "MarstonVale Line: No train services...
transferred from Northern Trains to London Northwestern Railway for use on the MarstonVale line, after the Class 230s in use on the line were withdrawn from use...
existing cattle creep, then cross over Brogborough Hill, and across the MarstonVale through to the River Great Ouse in Kempston. The Buckingham Arm once...
an additional terminating bay platform (2A), nominally to extend the MarstonVale Line (Bedford – Bletchley) service via the West Coast Main Line (WCML)...
Aspley Guise in Bedfordshire, England. It is on the Bletchley – Bedford MarstonVale Line. The station is served by West Midlands Trains local services, operating...
Stuff, lived in Marston Green with his parents and brother in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart Talbot, professional footballer for Port Vale and Brentford,...
between Bedford and Bletchley was retained (and continues in use as the MarstonVale Line). Delay in arranging substitute bus services resulted in the passenger...
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