Best way to get to Stevenage from Milton Keynes without car?

[Spanglepants]

Need to get to Stevenage on Saturday morning to pick a car up. Im in Milton Keynes - more specifically Fenny Stratford, Bletchley .
Buses seem to take over 2 hours and trains look like they go into London first then back up.
Surely theres a better way, these options seem to go all around the houses (literally) or nearly double the distance.
Any better routes/ways please?

[hman]

ask a friend for a lift.

hitch hike

one way hire

not much going east to west around these parts.

[TEKNOPUG]

Taxi.

Cycle.

Walk.

Helicopter.

Hitch-hike.


Pick one.

[thebraketester]

Uber. 50 quid

[Dal3D]

MK > St Neots on the X5 bus towards Cambridge (off at Cambridge St), then walk up Station Road for 5 mins to the station and get a train from St Neots to Stevenage?

[Sf_Manta]

Taxi would be most direct.

Trains if you get up to MK Central and got the virgin train to Euston would shave some time off as well and Kings cross is a couple of mins walk from Euston.

[BigBen]

bus to Bedford then train

[MDMetal]

There really isn't a quick way unless you want to taxi etc. Shockingly bad infrastructure, they're supposed to be fixing it in a few years with a rail line from Cambridge through to oxford. Not much use for you tho!

[Sf_Manta]

There was a line.. but due to the idiot known as Dr Beaching.. the UK lost most of it's railway lines, the cross line from Oxford to Cambridge (passing through MK was one of them.

[ColinM50]

Not such a ball ache, just over hour and a half

MKC 07:59 - Euston 8:35
tube to Finsbury Park
9:11 FP to Stevenage arr 9:42

Not cheap though, £45. Taxi would be c£130 according to Google and takes just under the hour, so not much in it really. Ap[art from £85 of course

I'll pick you up and deliver for £100 in either the Sportage or my Sabre

[Spanglepants]

Thanks all , lot to look at there, Ill see whats easiest
TEKNOPUG - Er thanks I think

[TEKNOPUG]

Spanglepants said:

Thanks all , lot to look at there, Ill see whats easiest
TEKNOPUG - Er thanks I think

HTH

[lost in espace]

Its a nice cycle!

[Spanglepants]

Not 2 up it isn't , my sons coming with me!

lost in espace said:

Its a nice cycle!

[Spanglepants]

Think I'll go with this - cheap as well. Might get an hours nap on the bus as well.

Dal3D said:

MK > St Neots on the X5 bus towards Cambridge (off at Cambridge St), then walk up Station Road for 5 mins to the station and get a train from St Neots to Stevenage?

[JB!]

Ring around your mates and offer a free lunch?

[Cyder]

I'm in Marston Moretaine, chuck some fuel in my car and I'll drive you there.

[sunnydude]

Dal3D said:

MK > St Neots on the X5 bus towards Cambridge (off at Cambridge St), then walk up Station Road for 5 mins to the station and get a train from St Neots to Stevenage?

X5 bus sounds fun

[Zippee]

Dal3D said:

MK > St Neots on the X5 bus towards Cambridge (off at Cambridge St), then walk up Station Road for 5 mins to the station and get a train from St Neots to Stevenage?

This. X5 stops 5 mins walk from the station, then it's 25 minutes on the train into Stevenage.

[Spanglepants]

Thanks Cyder, appreciate that offer, i'm going to take the X5 & train. Work out just over £20 for us both.
Thanks everyone

Cyder said:

I'm in Marston Moretaine, chuck some fuel in my car and I'll drive you there.