Bedford Local Transport Plan - Please engage and help us get our goals on the radar.

Update at 01-08-2025

Bedford-Northampton would be one train, no change to access the Theme Park with benefits inherent of the rail boost/connectivity. See: https://brtarail.com/our-campaigns/

This is a golden opportunity and we need a round-table of support for making the most of what rail can offer to optimise gains and lower side-effects of negative roads proliferations, land used for parking endlessly, congestion, emissions and bad health and chaos reduced on the back of getting the rail foundations right.

Bedford stands to gain and an exact same meeting on-going as per the flooding and water issues, is exactly what is needed, not asking councils for money they do not have, but bringing investors to a table, buying into ideas, working them up and getting official go ahead. 2031 is the opening date, what foundationally can we do now? and then? and by 2035? I have 7 years to give before I retire, so I am willing to be involved, but need powers and the public to tango to get the essential forumaic and dynamic inputs brought together. 

I attach our flyer for what we wish to see and a perusal of our updated web pages can be instructive too of our agenda: https://brtarail.com/our-campaigns/ Our membership and Forums are open to all, so all welcome. It is good to talk as they say!

Next BRTA Bedford Area Forum:

Wednesday 3rd September 3pm-5pm

 5 Lansdowne Road, Bedford, MK40 2BY All welcome.

https://www.llquakers.org.uk/bedford/web/

Main Local BRTA Contact and Convenor: Richard Pill, BRTA CEO ceo@brtarail.com 01234 225068

Please engage with this: https://www.bedford.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/transport-policy/new-local-transport-plan

 and remember BRTA's calls, principally:

1. East-West Rail via St John's with reinstated triangle going east of Bedford and physical linkages with the East Coast Main Line (ECML) at Tempsford.

2. Bedford-Northampton new-build routing to enable Birmingham-Rugby-Northampton corridor to access directly Bedford (35 minutes) and the new Wixams for Universal main line station

3. Stations North of Bedford at Oakley and Sharnbrook

4. Local new rail passenger service to Oxford, now, not just 2031

5. New local shuttle passenger service between Bedford and Leicester and electrification finished to Nottingham, Sheffield and beyond.

6. New local station at the Retail Park Kempston, putting Kempston Town on the rail map and Oxford corridor for inwards footfall and outwards more opportunities.

7. Better buses linking with Bedford Midland Railway Station on a regular day-time basis as part of their over all journeys.

8. Bedford Midland Station Rebuild with more platforms, tracks, capacity, new train shed looking down Midland Road to the town centre and retail, toilet and better fronting facilities, more variety and a local community hub-resource, not solar focus hub for commuting. 

Please support these things in your responses to the Local Transport Plan.