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Roland Perry · December 7th 16, 07:22 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 19:49:27
on Tue, 6 Dec 2016, remarked:

. . . a suggestion was made that the line between Bedford
and Cambridge might also be rebuilt. I've been told that part
of the right-of-way was lost decades ago when new buildings
were constructed across the trackbed.

Is this feasible? Does the Minister know something nobody
else knows?

The current plan is to ignore the old Bedford-Cambridge route
entirely.

In fact, the "rebuilt" line won't even reach Bedford, merely a
"Parkway" station some way to the south of the town.

From there it will supposedly blaze a new trail pretty much due east
as far as Shepreth (and avoiding all habitation especially Sandy)
where it'll join with the existing Hitchin-Cambridge line, for
services onward on the Eastern Section (ie Cambridge-Ely-Norwich,
again existing tracks).

Sandy could yet have a station. It's in at least one of the options.

Yes, it may, but like Bedford a 'Parkway' station outside the built-up
area.
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Roland Perry