Platforms 1 & 2 serve the fast lines and are used by Avanti West Coast services running non-stop to/from London Euston.

[4] The London and North Western Railway replaced the first station in February 1859 by another more permanent structure located 8 chains (160 m) to the south.

[6] In 1874, land was purchased to the south of the station alongside the Dunstable branch for the construction of goods sidings, which eventually became known as Wing Yard.

At the entrance a larger booking / waiting hall, central heating, electric lighting and the cycle storage, parcels and loading bay were improved.

[7] The London and North Western Railway opened a small motive power depot at the south end of the station in 1859.

In June 1997, Connex South Central began operating services between Gatwick Airport and Rugby via the Brighton and West London Lines that called at Leighton Buzzard with Class 319s.

[17][18] It was cut back to terminate at Milton Keynes in December 2000 before being withdrawn in May 2002 due to capacity constraints on the West Coast Main Line while the latter was being upgraded.

The F70 and F77 bus route, operated by Arriva Shires & Essex, provides a direct Bus rapid transit service to Milton Keynes and Luton via the Luton to Dunstable Busway, with an onward connection to Luton Airport[22][23][24][25] There have been past proposals about reopening the former line to Dunstable as either a rail link or as a guided busway,[26] before little of its route had been lost to new construction, Although there is now a guided busway between Dunstable and Luton, much of the Leighton Buzzard to Dunstable section was lost to the Leighton Buzzard Southern Bypass road.