Network Rail is to begin a railway platform extension project in Cambridgeshire.

The company will work alongside contractor VolkerFitzpatrick to expand platforms at Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton stations.

The scheme is part of the Government-sponsored Thameslink Programme, which aims to improve north-south rail travel through London.

Work is to begin on Sunday, 19 February, with completion scheduled by the end of August.


Simon Blanchflower, Network Rail's Thameslink Programme director, said: "Passenger numbers are at record levels and growing each year, so it's vital we continue to invest in building a bigger, better railway. The work we're doing in Cambridgeshire will deliver longer trains, with more space for passengers as part of Network Rail's Railway Upgrade Plan."

Stuart Cheshire, Passenger Services Director, Great Northern, added: "The improvements at Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton stations offer passengers on the Great Northern route a glimpse of the benefits that the Thameslink Programme will deliver to their area over the next eighteen months."

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