Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 102061

East West Rail Line: Railway Stations

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether stations on the Marston Vale Line will have step free access and boarding when EWR services between Oxford and Bedford begin.

Answer

Keir Mather
All new and fully refurbished stations delivered as part of East West Rail will be designed to meet modern accessibility standards including step free access and new trains commissioned as part of the East West Rail project will offer step-free boarding. ...

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