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Road directions
From the A421 take the A6 junction into Bedford Town Centre and follow this road until you reach the roundabout just after Bedford St Johns Station, unless you can get in the small car park there. At the roundabout take the first exit and follow the signs for the 'Town Centre/Midland Station'. You will drive past the location on your left, but there are no suitable places to park untill the station.
Parking
As well as the Midland and St Johns station car parks there is underground parking in Horne Lane, multi-storey car park in River street. There are also a couple of car parks in the immediate area but check the restrictions carefully before parking. Most of the roads are private with residential restrictions. The more affordable car parks are quite some distance walk from the location, within the town centre. Horne Lane, you pay up front, River street gives you a plastic chip coin which you use to pay then use to exit after you paid. Both are 5 mins walk from the location. Just cross the road towards the river (you can walk through the NEW Vue cinema and turn right) and walk along the embankment, under Prebend Street bridge and you are there. *note the cinema may not appear on maps on the map, it was built in late 2017.
Public transport
First Capital Connect and East Midlands Trains operates into Bedford's 'Midland' station, with London Midland serving the actual Bedford to Bletchley 'branch'. Both the Midland and St. John Station are about a 10 minute walk from the location. But given the frequency of services the walk would be better from the Midland Station.
From Bedford Midland Station: Exit the station and turn right, heading down Ashburnham Road. At the mini roundabout follow the road left as it changes to Midland Road and then take the next right at the roundabout onto Prebend Street and follow this road to the river, from here there is a ramp on the right that leads to the location.
Amenities
There is nothing at the location, but the town centre is about 10 minutes walk away where you should be able to find anything you might need. There are toilets are nearer Horne Lane entrance into Harpur Shopping Centre and are practically located at the rear of the car park as you enter the shopping centre.
Accommodation
There is a travel lodge type hotel just off the A421/A6 roundabout.
The primary shot here is from the eastern side of the line. Either from the footbridge or it's steps or from the river bank. It is worth noting though, if shooting from the bank that the bridge sides are roughly the same height as a platform and will, as such, obscure the view of the trains bogies and underframes. There may well be shots from the southern river bank, but as yet access to the area has yet to be determined. The signal to the north of the location has a 'theatre box' which will indicate 'B' for the bay platform, which is standard for local units. Anything else will be routed out into the main platforms and will probably not be a local unit!
