Yearly archives for 2010

Following the completion of the GRIP 4 design and business case work in July 2010, the East West Rail Consortium is progressing with some refinement of the railway infrastructure design to reflect current strategic thinking emerging from the Department for Transport. Primarily this involves assessing the impact of introducing a twin track railway from Oxford […]

The East West Rail Consortium has completed its latest stage of development work on the western section of the project. The business case and detailed engineering design work (known as GRIP 4) is now complete and has revealed an exceptionally strong case for the project. The GRIP 4 study has established a feasible design to […]

The East West Rail Consortium has recently completed its review of route options for the Central Section of the overall route, broadly the area between Milton Keynes and Cambridge. This work complements the progress that is being made on the Western Section (Oxford/Aylesbury – Bletchley – Milton Keynes – Bedford). Following examination of the how […]

The East West Rail Consortium welcomes the official launch of Chiltern Railway’s Evergreen 3 project by The Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis on Friday 15 January. Evergreen 3 is set to deliver a new rail route from London to Oxford by connecting the Chiltern and East West routes at Bicester and upgrading the […]