Welcome to the Bedford Marston Vale Local Representatives Groups page

At East West Railway Company (EWR Co), we’re passionate about hearing what local representatives, and their communities, think about East West Rail (EWR) so we can, together, successfully build a project that will bring faster journey times, lower transport costs and ease pressure on local roads. This will bring people closer to the things that matter most – jobs, friends, and family.

We’ve set up 15 Local Representatives Groups along the route where we will deliver the East West Rail project to help local communities connect with us through their representatives. The Groups include Councillors, Parish and Town Councils and representatives from EWR Co.

This is the page for the Bedford Marston Vale Group. The Group brings together all the Parishes and Councillors from the area along the Marston Vale Line that sit within Bedford Borough, centred around the proposals for Kempston Hardwick and Stewartby.

Group meeting schedule:

Meeting #1 – Wednesday 16 March 2022 – Welcome Meeting and Introduction to the Group

Meeting #2 – Tuesday 19 July 2022 – Level Crossings and Road Connectivity, and Development Consent Order (DCO) Update, Next Steps and Process

Meeting #3 – Tuesday 15 November 2022 – The Business Case Process

Meeting #4 – Tuesday 6 June 2023 – Route Update Announcement

Meeting #5 – Wednesday 18 October – Our approach to how we engage with you and your communities

Find out what’s happening in the Bedford Marston Vale Group.

You can stay up to date with what’s happening in this Group by viewing the documents on the right of this page which include agendas, meeting notes, Terms of Reference, maps, presentations and other reference material to support the meetings. New, relevant documents will be uploaded after each meeting.

You can also find out more about the Local Representatives Groups and access other Groups 'pages on our Local Representatives Groups welcome page.