How East West Rail would benefit Tempsford
East West Rail would make it easier to connect to other parts of the UK and get around the local area with fast connections that are greener for the environment. The new station at Tempsford will be better located to enable a new community to grow, providing access to jobs and days out with friends and family, while encouraging investment in public spaces.
We are working closely with local partners to deliver Local Opportunity Plans that will kickstart growth around the new Tempsford station, offer increased access to opportunities for the local community and regenerate the area.
Tempsford station
The new station at Tempsford would serve both EWR and East Coast Mainline (EMCL) services and provide passenger interchange between them. We’ve been further developing the station design to account for this and are preparing a design which would enable the station to be completed in two phases to help people benefit from the station as early as possible.
The station would be located on land to the east of Little Barford Road, 1.8km (1.1 miles) north of Tempsford village. The EWR tracks would pass through Tempsford station and over the ECML on a viaduct, which would run parallel to and just north of the newly built A421 dual carriageway.
At our 2024 consultation, we proposed siting the new station entirely to the north of the EWR tracks and mostly west of the ECML. We’ve now extended the station to include a southern entrance to provide improved access on both sides of the A421 and support a phased opening.
