The board of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has approved a budget to deliver the GRIP 3B report into the March-Wisbech railway. The study will develop a business case
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Waterbeach station relocation plan approved
Waterbeach railway station is to be relocated following the approval of plans to for a major housing development. Click here for the article
Continue readingNetwork Rail study Wisbech line feasibility
Proposals to restore the railway line between Wisbech and March are closer than ever. Click here for the article
Continue readingMayor calls for Haverhill rail link funding
The mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has sent a letter to the Chancellor asking for funding to be allocated towards a light rail route that would connect Haverhill to Cambridge.
Continue readingMore funding requested to deliver Soham GRIP3
The next meeting of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Board is set to review a request to provide an additional £1.7m of funding to complete the GRIP3 report for
Continue readingReview identifies time savings for Wisbech and Soham
A proposed railway line to Wisbech and railway station at Soham could be delivered quicker if the processes for delivering them were reviewed. Click here for the article
Continue readingBeaulieu Park enters detailed planning stage
Representatives from key organisations have advised that the proposed railway station at Beaulieu Park has entered the detail planning and engineering stage. If the funding gap can be resolved, Network
Continue readingCambridge North pushes over 300,000 passengers in first year
Cambridge North celebrated its first birthday this month with a target busting 320,000 passengers using the railway station. More than 10,000 passengers are now using the station every week, which
Continue readingCampaign group calls for second Norwich railway station
A campaign group has called for a railway station to be opened on the outskirts of Norwich to reduce congestion and journey times. A railway station at Broadland Business Park
Continue readingMayor exasperated at slow progress on Cambridgeshire projects
Mayor James Palmer has expressed frustration following the lack of progress on proposed railway projects including Cambridge South, Soham and Wisbech. He will be meeting a Transport Minister to investigate
Continue readingLight rail plans for Colchester garden village
Proposals have been drawn up to connect a proposed garden village east of Colchester with a light rail route. Click here for the article
Continue readingHeritage group calls for clarification about railway land
The Whitwell & Reepham Railway Preservation Society have launched a petition to the government to get it to clarify if the railway still has an act in force to allow
Continue readingPressure group formed to support Wisbech
The Wisbech Rail Consultative Group has been formed to lobby for the restoration of the railway service between March and Wisbech. It aims to push for a half hourly service
Continue readingAddenbrookes station pressure increases
The mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority has added to calls from Lord Adonis to deliver the railway station at Addenbrookes to the south of Cambridge at the
Continue readingBeaulieu Park delayed until 2025
A new railway station at Beaulieu Park has been pushed back to 2025 following recent discussions with key stakeholders. It appears that a new station that would be located north
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