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A better way to re-connect Bedford and Cambridge by rail

David HT Smith, The Thursfield Smith Consultancy, Shrewsbury SY3
24 January 2014
 

In your feature article about the East West Rail link (LTT 10 Jan) I was surprised there was no mention of the simplest and most direct way of connecting Bedford and Cambridge: follow the original route from Bedford to the south side of Potton, with a slight deviation round the north side of Sandy, then strike east for the Hitchin-Cambridge line at Shepreth.

This would be a mile longer than the original route but would not affect any heavily-trafficked main lines....

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