Willington Village

East West Rail Link

Press Release - February 18, 2009
East West Rail Consortium
Tel: 01992 556117
Email: centralsection@eastwestrail.org.uk

Options for bridging ‘the missing link’ revisited
The East West Rail Consortium has today published a discussion paper re-examining
the route options for the East West Rail link between Bedford and Cambridge.
With the East of England Regional Assembly and the Government Office for the East
of England developing an implementation plan for the regional spatial strategy and
regional economic strategy, the Consortium decided last year it had to review the
preferred route option that it last looked at almost a decade ago.

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Option 2A

Option 2a

Option 2B

option2b

Station Name: WILLINGTON

Date opened:	1.5.1903
Location:	At the end of a short approach road running north from the junction of Church Road and Chapel Lane,
Company on opening:	Bedford & Cambridge Railway
Date closed to passengers:	1.1.1968
Date closed completely:	1.1.1968
Company on closing:	British Railways (Eastern Region)
Present state:	A cycleway runs through the site of Willington Station but one platform is still extant.
County:	Bedfordshire
OS Grid Ref:	TL113503