richieb1971
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Sorry Darlo, I don't always use the correct terms. Perhaps manned station, or perhaps one that has parking facilities, a hot dog van and some long distance trains stopping at it.
Councillors have looked previously at Sharnbrook and Oakley as locations that should be supported by the MML. I think some folks further up north near Rushden have stated they would like a station too.
In regards to Sharnbrook and Oakley, there is room at the old locations to put stations if they are simple affairs, but no room for parking unless you convert a few fields. Its whether or not those places want commuters in their tidy esque garden villages or not, which I would assume they don't.
The best place to build a station is parallel to the A6.
A junction there would allow a considerable size station. That contour going off to the left between the dirt and the green striped field used to be the junction for the Bedford to Northampton railway. So once upon a time a signal box and a railway was resident on this land.
This location isn't bad, just a tad south of the old station.
Oakley is about 2 miles north of Bedford Midland, maybe 3 miles.
Councillors have looked previously at Sharnbrook and Oakley as locations that should be supported by the MML. I think some folks further up north near Rushden have stated they would like a station too.
In regards to Sharnbrook and Oakley, there is room at the old locations to put stations if they are simple affairs, but no room for parking unless you convert a few fields. Its whether or not those places want commuters in their tidy esque garden villages or not, which I would assume they don't.
The best place to build a station is parallel to the A6.
A junction there would allow a considerable size station. That contour going off to the left between the dirt and the green striped field used to be the junction for the Bedford to Northampton railway. So once upon a time a signal box and a railway was resident on this land.
This location isn't bad, just a tad south of the old station.
Oakley is about 2 miles north of Bedford Midland, maybe 3 miles.