[9] As of August 2023[update], a direct service between Bedford and Milton Keynes Central is not in any published plan, being overtaken by later events (see § East West Rail, below).

[9] Platform 2A is a five-car south-facing bay platform,[9] originally intended for the extension of Marston Vale Line services from Bedford into Milton Keynes Central:[8] this proposal no longer appears in plans for East West Rail, being replaced by a planned service to/from Oxford (see below).

There are a number of hotels on Midsummer Boulevard (which begins opposite the station and leads up into the central business district).

[14] Numerous bus services each hour traverse Midsummer Boulevard, connecting the station to the shopping centre, the theatre and Xscape.

[13] (National Express services run from the Milton Keynes Coachway, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) away, served from this station by the 3 or the X5.

[13]) The Milton Keynes redway system, a comprehensive network of cycle/pedestrian shared use paths, connects to the station and its cycle parking facilities.

[16] Also in the station forecourt, there is a taxi rank (to the left on exit) and a pick-up space for private hire cars (to the right), plus limited (very) short term parking.

[17] The station square itself is a favourite site for skateboarding and freestyle BMX and as a result the granite facings of the planting surrounds have suffered from the continuous bumping and grinding.

[26] In October 2019, the Department for Transport ruled out an early proposal to establish a service to London Marylebone via Claydon Junction, Aylesbury and High Wycombe.

[28][29] It was cut back to terminate at Milton Keynes in December 2000 before being withdrawn in May 2002 due to capacity constraints on the West Coast Main Line while the latter was being upgraded.

[10] In the chainage notation traditionally used on the railway, its location on the line is 49 miles 65 chains (49.81 mi; 80.17 km) from Euston.

[33] The station and its plaza were used in the 1987 movie Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as a substitute for the United Nations building.