Wixams news and wider local rail considerations - what is common and what is peculiar?

re: https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/wixams-station-costs-have-increased-by-30m-since-2018-and-be-only-13-years-late/

Local on-line paper had this news article about Wixams, I believe Soham was £20 million, so these costs would seem in order. 

Ampthill exact same model of 2 8-coach twin platforms on Thameslink served slow lines with modest bookinghall, basic facilities like toilet and coffee shop and a large car park (west side/off Fordfield Road) and kiss and ride by relocations at the Industrial Estate (east side). Wixams has other development around it, it will be a squeeze to fit it in, but I very much hope that it can be done - developers owe the town a debt out of profits?

Then Stations North of Bedford and a new electric service to Leicester (seamlessly) needs a study and to get under way if congestion into Bedford from A6 is not to be a problem as development sprawls without infrastructure?

In an ideal world, North Northants Council and Leicestershire would look at Irchester, Desborough and Kibworth similarly model-wise. 

Labour's New Towns need the rail connection as part of crucial apriori infrastructure needs flagging up, north-south, east-west, the heart of England at least, needs more and better rail links. 

With Conservative's 14 year track record, even lines which want reopening and tick the required boxes have not happened and again building housing without seeing which is the longest queue for type of housing e.g. maybe social housing to help students, young people and first time buyers more and avoiding clustering, rather sharing to sustain a bus, a shop, a pub and other services.

On East-West Rail, if it goes via Northern Route, currently there's 4 tracks north of Bedford, x2 fasts and x2 slows. Fasts discount, 100mph are not going to want more trains crossing over and off them on the flat. So you are left with x2 slow lines north of Bedford. Will more Midland Main Line trains and East-West passenger and maybe some freight additionally all fit into 2 slow lines and get through a busy Bedford Midland Station? That is the question.

Personally, I think an extra 2 tracks will be needed in such a scenario and if East-West Rail Co. themselves say that is what they operationally need, why do some politicians and others think they do not? Or rather, play 4 tracks existing, secretly knowing the x2 slows which would be used, will be inadequate with growth and demand as the years ahead unfold? 

Thus, whilst our call for 'rails east of Bedford via St John's' needs lobbying for it to enable more by rail, it is not perfect but with some flexibility, can be done, less cost, less hassle and more traffic taken off roads and back on rails. Willington objects. It could be bypassed rail-wise if speed is not the only consideration. Everything costs, but I think out of £4.5 billion, our shorter route to Tempsford (north or south of Station Road) makes sense and could do more, if development does not impinge on physical linkages with the ECML (north-south main line).