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Mayor’s Blog: Platform for the Future

They say that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive but this week, as I joined the happy crowd alighting at Soham’s shiny new station, I was aware that it really is a destination in itself – as well as a waypoint in the Combined Authority’s journey to get us all connected, by one means or another.  I […]

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Brass Band and great community turnout as Mayor opens Soham’s new station

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Mayor Dr Nik Johnson officially opened Soham’s new railway station today to the delight of the community as the first trains rolled into the new platform, five months ahead of the original timetable. The Deputy Lieutenant for Cambridgeshire, the Hon Frances Stanley, Network Rail’s Chairman Sir Peter Hendy, and a great turnout […]

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So far, Soham good for station opening in December

Network Rail has successfully completed a key milestone in the development of the new railway station for Soham which will pave the way for trains to start to call at the station from December 2021.   Over the August bank holiday weekend, the developing station at Soham was connected to the wider signalling network. This is […]

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Green light for Soham station

Proposals to build a new station for Soham were confirmed by East Cambridgeshire District Council on Friday 26 June 2020, giving the go-ahead for the new station to be built. Working in partnership with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, led by Mayor James Palmer, which has provided the necessary funding to build the station, […]

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Combined Authority seals deal for Network Rail to build Soham station

A new station to reconnect Soham with the rail network will improve economic growth, jobs and investment in the area, and give Soham people freedom of travel from their doorstep for the first time since the old station was axed in 1965. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority this week contracted Network Rail to build […]

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‘Soham Station will be a platform for better local rail services’

Mayor James Palmer has said the delivery of Soham railway station will act as a platform for better, more regular rail services for the area it will serve. The Combined Authority today granted the funding and approvals necessary to bring the station to completion, with building work starting in September 2020. The Mayor said the […]

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Mayor’s bid to fast-track Soham rail station goes for green light

Mayor James Palmer has given his full backing to a recommendation to fund and immediately start all the work necessary to build Soham Rail Station ahead of time. The Mayoral Combined Authority Board’s September 25 meeting will be asked to approve a  final funding package and contract that will fast-track the work, significantly bringing forward […]

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Another step forward for Soham station as Mayor James Palmer visits for first monitoring works

Mayor James Palmer donned his hard hat and high-vis jacket on Friday (March 22) at the planned new Soham railway station site to see first-hand another step forward in its delivery. The Mayor joined Network Rail at the site, off Station Road, to see noise monitoring studies which are needed to support a future planning […]

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Mayor James Palmer’s delight at DfT approval for scheme to allow eight-car trains on crowded King’s Lynn to Cambridge route

Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough James Palmer has said Government approval for a scheme to allow eight-car trains to operate on the frequently overcrowded route between King’s Lynn and Cambridge will be a welcome boost to rail users. Network Rail said yesterday that the Department for Transport had approved a bid for investment in the […]

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Public information event for Soham station proposals

Plans for a new station in Soham will be on public display at an information event planned for the end of February. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has been working closely with Network Rail to develop proposals for a new station in Soham. Constructing a new station would reconnect the town with the rail network […]

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