The Anonymous Widower

By Rail From Bedford To Northampton

One of my Google Alerts picked up this article from the Northampton Chronicle, which is entitled Rail campaigners reject calls by St James residents to re-open Northampton link road.

There used to be a Bedford to Northampton Line, but it has been gradually abandoned, despite interest in using it for the following.

• As an extension to Thameslink to Northampton.
• As a freight route to the West Midlands.

I also feel that with Bedford likely to be an important station on the East-West Rail Link, surely the rail link to Northampton shouldn’t be compromised, so that it can’t be reinstated.

• It would make journeys between Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich and Northampton and the West Midlands a lot easier.
• Freight from between Felixstowe and the West Midlands would have an alternative route.

I don’t think anything will happen soon, but the expansion of Thameslink and the East West Rail Link to Bedford will make everybody think.

December 9, 2015 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Bedford Station, East-West Rail, Northampton Station, Thameslink, Trains