Editing Bedford (section)

==Transport==
{{main|Transport in Bedford}}

===Railway===
There are two stations in Bedford. The main [[Bedford railway station]] is on the [[Midland Main Line]], providing inter-city services to [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]] and the East Midlands, operated by [[East Midlands Railway]]. Stopping services, operated by [[Govia Thameslink Railway|Thameslink]], run through London to [[Gatwick Airport railway station|Gatwick Airport]] and [[Brighton railway station|Brighton]]. Bedford's other lesser used station is [[Bedford St Johns railway station|Bedford St John's]] which in on the [[Marston Vale line|Marston Vale Line]]. Services are operated by [[West Midlands Trains|London North Western Railway]] and run between [[Bletchley railway station|Bletchley]] and [[Bedford railway station|Bedford's main station]].

===Road===
Road access to and from the town is provided by the [[A6 road (England)|A6]] and [[A421 road (Great Britain)|A421]] roads; the former connects the town with [[Kettering]] to the north-west, and Luton to the south, whilst the latter connects the town with Milton Keynes and the [[M1 motorway|M1]] (at Junction 13) to the west, and the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] to the east (near [[St Neots]]) via a bypass, with both being around {{convert|10|mi}} away. Other roads that serve or skirt the town include the [[A422 road|A422]], which runs westwards into Milton Keynes (also connecting to the M1 at Junction 14 via the [[A509 road|A509]]), and the [[A428 road|A428]], which runs between [[Coventry]] and [[Cambridge]].

The new Greyfriars surface car park and the refurbished Allhallows multi-storey car park both implement a pay on foot system. Greyfriars occupies 142 parking spaces, including 7 designated disabled spaces, although there is a 2-hour per day parking limit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A New Bus Station for Bedford |url=http://www.bedford.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/council_news/bedford_bus_station/preferred_contractor_selected.aspx |access-date=12 September 2017 |website=Bedford Borough Council}}</ref>

===Buses===
[[File:Bedford bus station - geograph.org.uk - 496438.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bedford bus station]] in July 2007]]

[[Bedford bus station]] serves the town and was reopened on 29 March 2015, after undergoing £8.8million regeneration which began in 2013. 
The main operators in and around the town are [[Stagecoach East]] and [[Stagecoach Midlands]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bus Operators |url=http://www.bedford.gov.uk/transport_and_streets/public_transport/bus_operators.aspx |access-date=5 June 2017 |website=www.bedford.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>