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Tempsford railway station was a
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built by the Great Northern Railway to serve the village of Tempsford in
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History

The Great Northern Railway main line from London to had opened in 1850 including stations at and . A station between these, named ''Tempsford'', was opened on 1 January 1863. It was located from . The station closed on 5 November 1956.


Planned reopening

In January 2019, the East West Railway Company announced a number of options for a new route for the BedfordCambridge sector of their planned OxfordCambridge railway line. In January 2020, the company announced that it had selected a route that would cross the ECML "in the Tempsford area", bypassing both Sandy railway station and St Neots railway station. The company did not formally decide at that point if East West Rail would use the old location or a new site, However, in March 2021, the East West Railway Company opened an 'informal consultation' on proposals for the central section’s route alignment and thus the location of this station. Two sites were considered, one just north of the original station and the other, "St Neots South", a mile or so north of it: at that stage, the latter was its preference. In May 2023, the EWRC announced Tempsford as the preferred location for the new interchange station and dismissed the "St Neots South" option. The indicative location for the station is about north of the original station. Funding for the station was confirmed in a speech by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in January 2025, who said that the station would also serve the East Coast Main Line.


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* * * Disused railway stations in Bedfordshire Former Great Northern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956 East West Rail {{EastEngland-railstation-stub