Bedfordshire is home to 51.874722-0.3683331 London Luton Airport (LTN ^IATA), a medium-sized international airport with flights arriving from cities throughout the UK and Europe. It has a single terminal. The airport lies east of Luton, with National Rail connections from London Airport Parkway to Luton town centre, Flitwick and Bedford. Use the driverless Luton DART between the terminal and Luton Airport Parkway 24 hours a day, with departures up to every four minutes.

Direct National Rail trains operate between London Gatwick Airport (LGW ^IATA) and Luton, Flitwick and Bedford. The journey usually takes less than 1 hr 30 min. Flights arrive into Gatwick - one of Britain's biggest airports - from cities throughout the world, including in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America.

Also in the East of England, London Stansted Airport (STN ^IATA) in Essex is a large airport, with a large number of short haul and medium-distance flights arriving from cities throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. National Express route 737 operates from Stansted to Luton Airport and Luton town centre. By car, there are several road routes between Essex and Bedfordshire using major motorways, including the .

Trains in Bedfordshire are part of the National Rail network.

From London, use:

• London Euston for London Northwestern Railway services to Leighton Buzzard (via Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring). Also use London Northwestern Railway trains for Bletchley in Buckinghamshire, where you can change for stopping services to Apsley Guise, Ridgmont, Lidlington, Millbrook, Stewartby, Kempston Hardwick and Bedford St Johns.
• London St Pancras International for Thameslink services to Luton Airport Parkway, stations in Luton, Flitwick, Bedford (via St Albans), and Arlesey, Biggleswade and Sandy (via Finsbury Park, Stevenage and Hitchin). Also use East Midlands Railway services for Luton Airport Parkway, Luton and Bedford. Change at Bedford for London Northwestern Railway services to Bedford St Johns, Kempston Hardwick, Stewartby, Millbrook, Lidlington, Ridgmont and Apsley Guise. You can also join Thameslink trains into Bedfordshire at Brighton, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, London Bridge, London Blackfriars, City Thameslink and Farringdon.
• London King's Cross for Thameslink and Great Northern services to Arlesey, Biggleswade and Sandy (via Finsbury Park, Stevenage and Hitchin).

A mix of fast and stopping trains call at stations in Bedfordshire, direct from:

• Milton Keynes Central and Bletchley to Leighton Buzzard (London Northwestern Railway). From the North West, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Coventry, use Avanti West Coast services to Milton Keynes Central and change for stopping trains. Change at Bletchley in Buckinghamshire for trains to Apsley Guise, Ridgmont, Lidlington, Millbrook, Stewartby, Kempston Hardwick and Bedford St Johns.
• Nottingham, Leicester, Corby, Wellingborough and Kettering to Bedford, Luton and Luton Airport Parkway (East Midlands Railway). Change at Bedford for London Northwestern Railway trains to Bedford St Johns, Kempston Hardwick, Stewartby, Millbrook, Lidlington, Ridgmont and Apsley Guise.
• Peterborough, Huntingdon and St Neots to Sandy, Biggleswade and Arlesey (Great Northern and Thameslink).

Bedfordshire lies between London and the Midlands, with several major routes crossing the county.

The passes Luton Airport, Luton, Dunstable, Flitwick and Woburn, which are signposted from the motorway. The route is a direct connection from London (Brent Cross), Watford, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Northampton, Leicester, The National Forest, East Midlands Airport, Derby, Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds.

The passes Biggleswade and Sandy, which are signposted from this busy dual-carriageway. The route is a direct connection from London (The City, Holloway and Brent Cross), Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, Letchworth, St Neots, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Stamford, Grantham, Doncaster, Leeds, Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Edinburgh.

The runs through Bedford and Luton, past the English Heritage Wrest Park mansion and park. The route passes Kettering and Rushden before entering Bedfordshire. To join the route, leave from Coventry, Northampton, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Newmarket, Ipswich and Felixstowe at junction 10.

The links Oxford and Aylesbury with Leighton Buzzard.

The dual-carriageway passes Bedford and Woburn. The route is a direct connection from Cambridge, St Neots, Milton Keynes and Buckingham. Bedford is signposted along this route from junction 13 near Milton Keynes and near St Neots.

The passes Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard. The route is a direct connection from Newmarket (via ), Duxford, Royston, Letchworth and Hitchin.

Bedfordshire has a good road network and every town and village is reasonably easily accessible by car. The A5, A6 and A1 trunk routes run through the county - the A5 in the west (for Dunstable and Woburn), the A6 in the centre (for Bedford, Luton, Ampthill and Flitwick) and the A1 in the east (for Sandy and Biggleswade)

Bus services operate in all parts of the county, although they can be infrequent. Bedford operates a Park & Ride system.