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
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Campaign 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 reading »Mayor 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 reading »Light 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 reading »Heritage 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 reading »Pressure 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 reading »Addenbrookes 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 reading »Beaulieu 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
Continue reading »Campaign calls for community involvement to bring railway back to Fakenham
The Norfolk Orbital Railway Campaign have called for the local community to provide feedback with regards to their views about how this scheme should become a reality. The scheme proposed
Continue reading »Campaigners propose to restore Kings Lynn – Hunstanton railway
A campaign group has proposed to restore the railway line between Kings Lynn and Hunstanton. Click here for the article Nearly 2,900 people have signed the change.org petition
Continue reading »Government announces support for rail schemes
The government has announced a new strategy for rail that suggests support to restore railway lines and stations from the government. The strategic vision for rail has made reference to
Continue reading »MP calls for Wisbech study to be halted
The MP for Wisbech has called for work on a feasibility study into improving transport connections serving Wisbech because it appears to have ruled out restoration of the rail connection.
Continue reading »Haverhill corridor consultation could include light rail
A public transport corridor is one of the options that will be considered as part of a consultation into transport options on Haverhill corridor due in the new year. Click
Continue reading »Cambridge North numbers boom
Passenger numbers at the UK’s newest railway station – Cambridge North – are continuing to grow six months after the station was opened, figures have revealed. Over 75,000 people have
Continue reading »NIC calls for Addenbrookes and EWR
A report from the National Infrastructure Commission has proposed that funding should be focused on transport connections serving Oxford, Cambridge and Milton Keynes. This includes focusing on Addenbrookes railway station
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