Bedford and Cambridge Railway Act 1860
WHEREAS the Establishment of direct Railway Communication between Bedford and Cambridge by means of a Railway commencing by a Junction with the Bletchley and Bedford Branch of the London and North-western Railway at Bedford, having Junctions with the Great Northern Railway at Sandy, and terminating by a Junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Cambridge, would be of public Advantage: And whereas the Persons in this Act named, with others, are willing, at their own Expense, to carry the U...