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The Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership is managed by Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity (BRCC), the leading community development agency working across Bedfordshire, with a proven track record built up over 60 years.
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Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership is one of a growing number of Community Rail Partnerships across the country.
They work to engage communities and help people get the most from their railways, promoting social inclusion and sustainable travel.
Community Rail Partnerships work alongside train operators to deliver improvements and bring stations back to life.
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Symbol Spot

A new Marston Vale Line Symbol Spot Trail, in association with Mini Map Makers, will be available when purchasing child train tickets at Bedford, Bletchley and Milton Keynes Central stations or when visiting Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre during normal opening hours with a valid train ticket.
The Marston Vale Line is the first in the country to have a Symbol Spot along its route.
The aim is to spot a host of symbols along the line, including letters, numbers, shapes, map symbols, signs and rail safety items. Children will produce rubbings in their booklets of the symbols located at each station and the set at Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre.
Symbol Spot isn't just for children, adults can learn too, A ‘Strip Map’ of the Line has been produced.
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officer@marstonvalecommunityrail.org.uk
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01234 832645
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Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership,
The Old School, Cardington,
Bedford, Bedfordshire
MK44 3SX
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The East West Railway CompanyNon-Statutory Consultation is now in its final week.
Check out eastwestrail.co.uk/consultation2024
Printed consultation materials are also available to view at our very own Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre, including the Consultation Document, Technical Report, Transport Update Report, maps and Environmental Update Report. Feedback forms and freepost envelopes are also available to take away.
Consultation closes on Friday 24th January 2025 at 23:59. Don’t miss the chance to have your say!
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When you were talking to one of their engineers (at the public consultation last week)while he continually looked over your shoulder at something else, you did rather get the feeling the decisions had already been made…
The last East West Railway Company consultation event in our area is being held tomorrow (Friday 17th January) at the Summerlin Centre in Woburn Sands from 2:00 – 7:00.
The Summerlin Centre is adjacent to Woburn Sands Station.
A full set of consultation materials is also available to view at our very own Ridgmont Station Heritage Centre, including the Consultation Document, Technical Report, Transport Update Report, Environmental Update Report and maps. Feedback forms and freepost envelopes are also available to take away.
The Heritage Centre is open Wednesday – Sunday 10:00 – 4:00.
Don’t miss the chance to have your say! Consultation closes at 23:59 on 24th January.
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So many outstanding questions, in fact very little concrete information available and no firm commitments or guarantees on further impacts to Woburn Sands. Quite disappointing and no real surprise. A corporate consultation tbh.
None of our questions answered really and just best case scenarios given I believe. Pulling the wool over our eyes and probably changing things further down the line once they get started. Say they can’t afford to put in a flyover bridge over the old school path (circa £1 mil) into the rec but they don’t seem to have thought about an alternative either. How about footpath barriers instead, like the kind that are at london tube stations 🥴. We are fighting a loosing battle as always.
For the latest EWR news from Bedford Council see: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d5p6ve3zeo
Hi Wendy Caton & Mark Costello we appreciate your concerns. Please do respond to the consultation.
Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership I intend to and hope others will too. We need to speak up. These plans certainly does not suit everyone.
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