A to B1102 Update December 2025
Published: 18 November 2025
Newmarket Road Travel Hub Consultation
Following meetings to hear feedback from all our Parish Councillors on the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s (GCP) proposals for a new Travel Hub, the Group collated the feedback to help Parish Councils make their own responses to the Consultation and wrote a feedback report which was submitted to the GCP. We continue to believe that this new site alone will not address the travel and congestion issues commuters face travelling daily into Cambridge; indeed we are concerned that the proposed Hub will make the traffic situation worse. Key concerns include the site not being large enough to cope with the likely increase in Park & Ride demand given the planned increases in the number of homes in its catchment area, difficulties for buses accessing the hub to make the proposed interchange work effectively, a lack of suitable infrastructure for sustainable travel and switching mode of transport (car to bike / bus etc..) and no bus lane from the A14 inbound to enable buses to avoid the daily queues of vehicles entering the City. Our report is available
here
T4 & T5 Buses
The Group continues to lobby the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) for further improvements to the T4 and T5 bus service to improve reliability and passengers’ confidence to interchange between the services. We are pleased to report that A2B Group are taking proactive steps to improve the reliability of the 6.45am service from Soham by setting up a bus depot in the Ely area, currently the bus has to travel from Royston each morning and A14 roadworks and other problems have impacted service reliability as a result. Our Facebook Group enables us to collate ongoing passenger feedback and share it with the operators.
Real Time Passenger Information (RPTI) Units on the T4 & T5 routes
We are also pleased to announce that following engagement with the CPCA and our Parish Councils, the CPCA has agreed to fund and install 12 RPTI units at locations along the T4 and T5 routes to provide up-to-the-minute information on bus services. Our Parish Councils were each encouraged to consider exploring funding for additional units so that more bus stops can be equipped with units, but at this time, for various reasons, declined to progress this option. The units will be installed over the coming months in the 12 agreed locations by the CPCA’s contractor.
Happy Christmas!
Our thanks to all of our residents who have engaged and supported the work of the Group over the last year. We wish you all a Happy Christmas and every good wish for the New Year.
About the A to B1102 Group
The A to B1102 Group exists to raise awareness of the transport changes affecting our area, to help residents stay informed, and to ensure that local voices are heard in decisions about future infrastructure. As a voluntary, non-political group with no commercial interests, we work alongside our parish councils to support their efforts, share information, and represent the villages of Fordham, Burwell, Swaffham Prior, Reach, Swaffham Bulbeck, Commercial End, Longmeadow, Lode, Bottisham, Stow-cum-Quy, Great Wilbraham and Little Wilbraham. Find out more about the group’s work at www.atob1102.org
Jonathan Cook, Chairman
A to B1102 Group