Road
Milton Keynes is adjacent to the M1 Motorway, accessible from Junctions 13 and 14.
The A5 dual carriageway runs through the centre of the city.
Journey times by road from Milton Keynes:
- M25 35 minutes
- Central London 65 minutes
- Central Birmingham 70 minutes
- Oxford 60 minutes
- Cambridge 65 minutes
The city has a North American style grid-road system and traffic jams are rare. Most grid-roads are either 60 mph single carriageway or 70 mph dual carriageways. You are able to move from one side of the city to the other within 15 minutes. Central Milton Keynes is less than 10 minutes from all edges of the city including the M1 motorway.
Rail
The main West Coast Line runs through Milton Keynes and over 100 trains go from Milton Keynes Central to London Euston every day.
There are 3 stations in the city: Wolverton, Milton Keynes Central and Bletchley.
Rail journey times from Milton Keynes:
- London Euston 34 minutes
- Birmingham New Street 57 minutes
- Manchester Piccadilly 1 hour 48 minutes
Air
London Luton is the nearest international airport just 35 minutes drive from Milton Keynes and has an excellent choice of flights across Europe.
Journey times to other international airports:
- London Heathrow 65 minutes (road)
- Birmingham International 65 minutes (road or rail)
- East Midlands 70 minutes (road)
- London Gatwick 1 hour 40 minutes (road)
- London Stansted 70 minutes (road)
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