A TOWN in the UK is set to benefit from a brand-new multi-million-pound train station, which will open right next to an upcoming theme park. Train journeys in Bedfordshire are set to improve when a new train station opens in Wixams. Planning for Wixams Train Station was originally approved more than 20 years ago.
The train station , which is expected to cost £57million, is slated to open in 2026. Construction work is set to start on the station later this year, but the site could be expanded if plans to open an upcoming theme park in Bedfordshire are approved. Last year, theme park fans went wild with excitement when Universal Studios revealed plans for a huge 500-acre theme park in Bedford.
In December, Universal confirmed to Sun Online Travel that they had acquired land in Bedford and were exploring the possibility of building a park in the home county. Bedford was chosen as a potential location due to its excellent transportation connectivity to London and Europe, with more than half of the UK population within a two-hour journey away. The location would put any new theme park less than half an hour away from Gulliver's Land and less than an hour from Warner Brothers Studios in Watford .
If plans for the huge new Universal theme park are indeed approved, Wixams Train Station could be expanded before it even opens. According to the BBC , Conservative councillor Graeme Coombes, said: "If the Universal Theme Park project goes ahead, it is undoubtable that we will need a stat.