At this month’s Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Rail User Group, Network Rail representatives announced that they will not be extending the platform at Meldreth. There will be no change at Foxton and Shepreth, where the Cambridge-bound platform extensions are happening. The reason given for excluding Meldreth was ‘to save taxpayers money.’

This is concerning because contracts and all necessary planning – including bus replacement services – are in place. Footfall is growing at 10% per year, and this will likely increase with the rollout of the Thameslink half-hourly off-peak service in 2018 – platforms are getting crowded. Meldreth would be the only station between London King’s Cross and Cambridge without an elongated platform on the Cambridge-bound side of the tracks, and it is highly unlikely that adaptions would be carried out in the future as the cost would of doing just one station would be so much higher.

I have written to the Network Rail Managing Director to ask if this decision can be reconsidered and am awaiting a reply.

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