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25 January 2017 East West Rail Managing Director Announced

Phil Verster will become managing director of the East West Rail project announced by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling last month.

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12 December 2016 Transport Secretary launches Oxford – Bicester – Marylebone service

Chiltern Railways start train services from Oxford city centre to London via Bicester, as East West Rail Phase One is complete.

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7 December 2016 Transport Secretary Announces New Approach to Deliver East West Rail

A new organisation will deliver the design, construction and operation of the missing railway link between Oxford and Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Aylesbury.

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24 November 2016 Autumn Statement 2016: £110 million investment in East West Rail

The Chancellor has announced funding to accelerate delivery of the railway to link Oxford and Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Aylesbury.

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22 November 2016 Railway upgrade from Oxford to Bicester is complete

Chiltern Railways will start operating train services from Oxford to London Marylebone via Oxford Parkway and Bicester Village on Monday 12th December,

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17 November 2016 Consortium response to National Infrastructure Commission Report

“This corridor is a national asset that competes on the world stage and can fire the British economy,” says Sir John Armitt.

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11 November 2016 Council leaders ‘optimistic’ as Government restates the importance of East West Rail

The Secretary of State for Transport has confirmed the Government’s commitment to deliver East West Rail at the earliest opportunity.

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5 September 2016 Land acquired for new Winslow Station

Buckinghamshire County Council has bought the land for Winslow Station, which will be served by three new passenger services on the East West Rail line.

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4 April 2016 Central Section preferred corridor announced

Bedford – Sandy – Cambridge is the identified as the preferred corridor for East West Rail central section.

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29 February 2016 New habitat in Buckinghamshire for rare butterfly

Volunteers from the East West Rail team help Butterfly Conservation create a new habitat near Princes Risborough for the very rare Duke of Burgundy butterfly.

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