Where the case stands today.
In late October last year, Paul Bristow visited Alconbury Weald in his capacity as Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. His message, in the press release that followed: a railway station can be delivered here, and he intends to make the case. The Combined Authority has since commissioned a station feasibility study under its Strategic Place Partnership with Homes England, with the support of Huntingdonshire District Council. As of mid-May 2026, that study is the live piece of work.
In parallel, the Phase 4 outline plans that Urban&Civic consulted on earlier this year explicitly reserve a ground-level concourse footprint, shops and offices for a future station. The intention is clearly to be ready when the funding case lands, rather than start retrofitting.
“A railway station can be delivered here and I'm going to do everything I can to make the case.”
What's already on the ground.
Alconbury Weald sits on the former RAF Alconbury airbase, spanning more than 1,400 acres. The full master plan delivers 6,500 homes, three primary schools, a secondary school, a special educational needs school, and around three million square feet of employment space. That last bit matters: the point of the place was never just housing.
The state today, per Urban&Civic's own count: over 1,000 families already live there, over 20 businesses occupy 1.5 million sq ft of commercial space, supporting around 3,000 jobs. The Pavilion community centre, a Co-op, a play park, a gym and a primary school are all open. The Southern Link Road, a £10 million infrastructure investment connecting the site to Huntingdon, is in delivery.
6,500
Homes at full build-out
1,400
Acres of former RAF land
3,000+
Jobs in commercial space today
1,000+
Families already settled
Why it matters for the north of the patch.
A station at Alconbury Weald sits on the East Coast Main Line, which is the meaningful detail. For Alconbury, Alconbury Weston, Sawtry, Abbots Ripton, Buckworth, Glatton and the wider A1-north villages in the patch, the current rail option is a drive south to Huntingdon. A station on their doorstep would change the calculus for daily commuters to London King's Cross.
For Brampton, Huntingdon and Godmanchester it's a less dramatic shift in commute, but the wider effect of a new station on an established master plan is real: investment tends to bring more investment, and the Local Growth Plan has already designated the North Hunts Growth Cluster as one of four Opportunity Zones for the combined authority.
What happens next.
The station feasibility study is the next milestone, with the Mayor due to meet the Minister of State for Rail to set out the case for the region. A formal funded scheme is not on the timetable in 2026, but the groundwork (a designated site, a public master plan, a designated growth zone, a backed feasibility study) is what gets put in front of the Department for Transport when a station goes to scheme.
If you own or are thinking of buying in Alconbury, Alconbury Weston, Sawtry or anywhere along the A1-north corridor in the patch, this is the story to keep an eye on.
Sources: alconbury-weald.co.uk press release, 12 November 2025; The Hunts Post coverage of Phase 4; Combined Authority Local Growth Plan.