Network Rail has published the East Midlands Route Study which has been developed in partnership with train operators and other industry partners to look at predicted medium and long-term demand for rail travel and determine what further investment might be needed in order to meet that demand to continue to support growth in the communities and economy of the East Midlands.
The key choices for funders within the East Midlands study are “Leicester capacity” improvements and the resignalling between Peterborough and Syston to allow more trains to run as well as meeting demand for rail freight growth between Felixstowe and the West Midlands.
The Route Study also found that train lengthening on several key routes would allow more passengers to travel without the need to carry out further infrastructure work. It also recommends that development work should continue on East-West Rail which proposes a new rail link between Bedford and Cambridge as an extension of the route between Oxford and Bedford.
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