History
More than £20 million of the cost would have been provided from the Regional Funding Allocation.
In March 2010 the government announced that it was abolishing the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF), and according to officers of the county council the station was "at risk". Politicians went further, with Conservative election literature in April 2010 saying that the station would not happen. At this time, campaign group CAST.IRON claimed that such a station would be much cheaper, perhaps as little as £3 million if it could be constructed at the same time as the island platforms at Cambridge station in 2011, included its proposal as part of its submission to the DfT's Greater Anglia rail franchise consultation. Cambridgeshire County Council is hoping that infrastructure owner Network Rail will fund at least part of the station's construction.
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert gave his support to the project along with the leader of Cambridge City Council, Sian Reid in February 2011.
In September 2011, Theresa Villiers, the Minister of State for Transport visited Cambridge, and discussed the proposed station with county council members, saying that the government was interested in further development of the council's proposal. Official government approval was given in February 2012, with work due to begin in 2014. Other details, including a proposed service pattern, were published by Cambridgeshire County Council when announcing approval of the proposal.
The Cambridge Cycling Campaign published their proposals for integration of the new station with cycling and pedestrian facilities in November 2012.:
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