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The East West Rail Consortium has welcomed the news that construction of the rail route between Oxford to Bicester is to proceed. This follows a High Court decision today which confirmed that Chiltern Railways has the necessary powers to build a new rail route between Oxford and London Marylebone, via Islip and Bicester. The new […]

On Thursday 25th April rail consultant Patrick O’Sullivan B.Sc (Hons), C.Eng., MICE, gave a talk on East West Rail at the AGM of the Railway Civil Engineers’ Association (RCEA) to an audience of 100 members. The talk was introduced by Neil Gibson, Strategic Director at Buckinghamshire County Council and former chair of the East West […]

At the January meeting of the Winslow and District Local Area Forum, there was a brief presentation about the East West Rail link that will see the re-introduction of the passenger railway linking Oxford and Bedford, Aylesbury and Milton Keynes via Winslow. This major project includes plans to build a new station for Winslow. People […]

Network Rail has announced its plan for construction of the western section of the East West Rail link between Bedford and Oxford, Aylesbury and Milton Keynes, as part of their five-year strategic business plan 2014-2019. The East West Rail Consortium, which includes all the local authorities along the proposed route, has successfully promoted the re-instatement […]

Senior representatives from the East West Rail Consortium, Network Rail and the Department for Transport have formed a Joint Delivery Board to oversee and facilitate the development of a new, electric railway line between Bedford and Oxford with train services due to start operating in December 2017. They met today at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre […]

Electric East West Rail: boost to economy, jobs and travel – East West Rail Electrification of East West Rail (EWR) will boost the economy, open up job opportunities, and provide wider travel choices for the region, says the Consortium that has sponsored the proposal for a rail link from Oxford to Bedford. EWR Consortium members, […]

The Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt. Hon Justine Greening MP, today announced that the Western section of East West Rail (EWR) will be part of the government’s strategy for rail transport, confirming not only funding for the project but also for electrification of the Oxford to Bedford part of the route. EWR will […]

On Tuesday 3 July the East West Rail All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) chaired by Iain Stewart MP hosted a reception at the House of Commons to which members of the newly established East West Rail (EWR) Joint Delivery Board (JDB) were invited. The JDB has been established to undertake the governance of the project […]

East West Rail was invited to join other exhibitors to showcase “Eco Bicester – One Shared Vision” to Mark Prisk MP Minister of State for Business and Enterprise when he visited Bicester on 23rd April. Patrick O’Sullivan and Steve Watson from EWR Project Team briefing the Minister The economic growth potential of East West Rail […]

The Consortium held its annual general meeting in Milton Keynes in January, chaired by Neil Gibson Strategic Director, Bucks CC. Guest speaker was Iain Stewart MP for Milton Keynes South who presented a very interesting insight into the workings of the All Party Parliamentary Group that he has established in support of East West Rail. […]