
Mayor Dave Writes: Rail Users 'Deserve so Much Better', as Government Decides to Scrap Almost all Intercity Trains from Bedford Under Next Franchise
In his July Column for the Bedford Borough edition of the Bulletin, Mayor Dave Hodgson wrote about the 'complete and utter shambles' since the overhaul of Thameslink services in May, and how rail users have been dealt a further 'devastating blow' by the Government's decision to almost entirely remove Bedford from the intercity rail network under the new East Midlands rail franchise from next year.