Support a Kempston Retail Park Station - 01234 330090

Promoting the idea of a new station-halt for the Retail park at Kempston with connecting foot-cycle bridge linking it with the Town of Kempston.

Would you like to see Kempston added to the railway map?
Would you like to see Kempston included on the Bedford-Bletchley Railway?
Would you like to get on a train at Kempston to go to Oxford direct without having to drive?
Would you like to access rail without having to go into Bedford and out again?
ERTA has the answer:
1. A new station to serve Kempston Town and the Retail Park
2. A connecting foot-cycle bridge between the Retail Park and all that Kempston has to offer and vice versa?
3. Easier connections to Elstow, The Retail Park and Kempston without recourse to busy and dangerous roads and junctions (Elstow and Ampthill Roads).
4. Less congestion into Bedford and along Ampthill Road turning right into... the Retail Park.
The Retail Park has over 1500 parking slots increasingly full x 7 days a week. Meanwhile town centres experience ‘empty shop syndrome’. Is there a link? We believe so, it is called the ‘missing link’ and the solution to it is to:
‘Open a New Station ‘Kempston Town/Retail Park’ and re-rail Kempston with Bedford’!
Population of Kempston 19, 440 Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kempston

Round up figure 20, 000 10% = 200
No of trains X2 each way x 16 hour day = 32 trains = 200 divide by 32 = 6.25 extra people per train
Parking slots at Retail Park approx 1500 Divide by 32 trains per day = approx 47 per train Total per train approximately 53 extra passengers per train.
Disclaimer: This is a rounded sum only. A proper study could look at practical aspects such as traffic generation, mode of access preference and accommodation in site, parking and layout. We welcome funds for studies.