Milton Keynes Railway Station

My Son, aged 5, wanted to do a review from the perspective of his recent school trip to London. He states: «I think the station is very good because it has people to help the schoolchildren get to the right platform and feel safe.»

The station itself is pretty clean which is appreciated but it really lack amenities. The food options all suck. Also, why are train tickets so expensive in England?! It cost me 60 pounds during offpeak times to take a train to Manchester. Peak times was about 90 pounds! Saying I had sticker shock was an understatement!

Architectural spendour it does not have but this modern station is well designed and effiicient with all facilities. A little tip I have learned is that the taxis in the rank outside are significantly more expensive that cabs that you telephone and book. Use Qype to find taxi firms and book them to save quite a lot of money, even though they are often the same cars and the same firms!

There’s not really much to this station, and I don’t really expect there to be. Like most railway stations, it’s quite grey and bleak and properly in need of some modernisation. It is always clean and serves its purpose, ie. getting me on a train in a simple and straight forward manner. The staff are usually friendly and will look to get me the best deals for my trips. There is a small newsagents as well as a couple of cafes and a Marks and Spencers nearby. This is all you really want from a train station as it’s not somewhere you’re going to be spending a lot of time at.

This place still has a way to go but new shops and food places is improving it. Now they just have to sort out the parking but I guess it’s as good as any station. PArking is massively expensive which is my biggest gripe but it’s well services by buses so can’t really complain.

Personally I find the Milton Keynes railway station overpriced and cold in the winter.
They are doing a lot to liven the place up and a few more shops and bars are opening up nearby, which I think will be good.
It’s not a place you want to spend a long time in, but if you’re early for a train, or are waiting for your lift, there are plenty of places to grab a bite to eat or just have a look around. There is a shop inside and outside there is a subway and M&S food.
It’s an ok place, but I would not visit there especially!

This rail station is very clean and well laid out. The staff are very helpful.
Parking directly around the station is in high demand and can get expensive.
There is other parking available around the vicinity.
I must be honest and say i’ve never found the toilets at the station and am very excited to hear that they are ‘downstairs’ — will now have to locate downstairs.
There’s plenty of public transport available outside in the form of taxi’s and buses.

I’ll try to say something different about the station and focus on car parking should you need some help with that.
The cheapest car parks within a ten-​minute walk are the ones behind Richer Sounds and near Argos (you need to walk past the Ice Rink) which are free. The one behind Richer Sounds only has around 20 free spaces though and go quickly.
If you’re arriving around or after 8.30am then the spaces at the Hockey Stadium that are opposite Abbey cost 25p per hour so a day’s parking would cost a maximum of £2.50 (the payment takes you up to 6pm, after that it’s free).
The remaining spaces around the Hockey Stadium, those outside the front of the station and in the smallish area of spaces just passed the multi storey car park are a fixed daily rate of £5.
Finally, there’s a multi storey car park to the right of the station as you’re facing it. To reach it you need to effectively drive round the back of the station (it’s sign posted so it shouldn’t be a problem). It currently costs £7 to park in there but it’s worth it if you’re not going to be returning until late in the evening/​night and don’t want to walk too far. There’s a manned booth, you need to stop alongside and hand over your money (best to have the cash ready). There is a machine just inside the entrance that’s supposed to take cards but it rejected mine the one time I tried to use it (I have a cashback credit card so it would have been useful if it worked!).

Milton keynes station i believe is a very good train station, its clean and very easy to navigate your way round and there are a few train services running in and out of this station from virgin to london midland. They have lifts and staff help with luggage ect.
Inside the station you can buy your tickets over the counter or through a machine, they also have a little shop where you can buy sandwhiches, snacks, drinks ect and also a coffee shop and has plenty of pay phones.
Outside the station is pretty pleasent there is a big green area where most people sit to eat their lunches.
Outside you can get coaches, buses or taxi’s to your next destination and its all right outside the train station doors.

Had to travel to Milton Keynes twice this week from London. The station is a very good standard with four platforms. There are a number of coffee shops there with the Costa, AMT to name a few. The train information is good and there is a friendly atmosphere with staff.
The location of the station is good for getting into the business sector of the town and there is a very efficient taxi rank. I did not have to queue for very long to get a taxi. The train was very busy each morning with business commuters but it did not take long to get through the ticket machines and off to work.

I don’t travel by train very much these days owing to my disability and the fact that trains rattle me around so much I hurt for a very long time afterwards. However, I have friends and family who do travel this way and meeting them off trains means visiting the station.
A fairly clean and tidy building inside and out, with nice clear boards above the entry way through to the platforms. Toilets are a bit of a pain because they’re downstairs here which is quite awkward for me, but as I’m rarely there long enough for it to be an issue I have to say I’ve never tried to find out if there’s a lift there must be I’d think.
Outside it’s pretty hard to find parking within easy walking distance without paying a small fortune in fee’s, but there are taxi’s outside and busses run through the station and from the bus depot across the road pretty frequently to most areas of the city making it quite easy to access the station for most people without the need for a car.
Much nicer than some stations I’ve been in!