Thameslink Line: Bedfordshire

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 29 April 2025.

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Photo of Blake Stephenson Blake Stephenson Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed (a) railway station and (b) new town at Tempsford on (i) journey times and (ii) capacity on Thameslink services.

Photo of Simon Lightwood Simon Lightwood Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Network Rail will consider the impact of any new station at Tempsford as part of business case development for any East Coast Main Line infrastructure investment at the southern end of the route, including journey time and capacity implications for Thameslink services.

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