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Oops. Ampthill station shut in 1959... 1721915658 Note that there was no mention of a completion date in that announcement.

But if the council don't sign the implementation agreement with Network Rail this month, they won't get the 13.4m from L&Q Estates, so they would be looking to get towards £20m extra for something that might never get used if Universal don't go ahead, as well as delaying the 2 platform station...

Bedford Borough Council approved the report (including a further increase of £3.6m) on 10 July. There's a webcast of the meeting at https://bedford.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/888662

Work on the 2 platform Wixams station is still going ahead. From https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/wixams-station-on-track-says-senior-officer-at-bedford-borough-council/

Has it? They don't seem to have withdrawn the planning application (Central Beds CB/22/03616/FULL)

I agree. There's also a new page on their website at https://eastwestrail.co.uk/news/latest-stories/oxford-to-bedford-services-accelerated-as-part-of-spring-budget-investment But it still isn't clear if 1tph Oxford to Bedford will be the only service between Bletchley and Bedford. It also...

East West Rail have published a press release about the reaction to the funding announced in the budget. This is at https://eastwestrail-production.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/public/BAU-Press-Release-Spring-Budget-2024-EWR-Announcement-V02-AH-edits-4.pdf It later says Presumably they mean...

Imagine if they tried to have separate queues for different destinations for the Thameslink platforms!

I meant for when Wixams opens.

That sounds far too sensible. Clearly the council have been told that by someone in the industry (presumably the Network Rail people that they liaising with) that if its a two platform station they can't have services after 2200 unless the council pay for the buses when required. That is why the...

Luton to Bedford is also a two track railway on Sunday mornings isn't it? I haven't seen anything to say that Bedford Council are underwriting replacement buses for the few times that the fast lines are being used by Thameslink services on Sunday mornings.

Although it doesn't invalidate your point, Wixams station is actually going to be further north than the circled area on your map. Universal have bought a large area land. Nearly everything that isn't already built on or under water between the Marston Vale Line, Manor Road, the B530 and the...

Wasn't the Thameslink Programme TMS (Traffic Management System) going to be based at Three Bridges? What happened to that?

The change on the north side is actually that the 0715 Bedford to Three Bridges gets reinstated and the 0711 Bedford to Elephant & Castle starts from Luton like it used to.

Duplicate - sorry