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The East West Rail Consortium has hailed progress being made on East West Rail, describing 2019 as ‘a pivotal year in the scheme’s history’. This year has already seen a hat-trick of important developments – the public inquiry into the Western Section between Oxford and Bedford and Aylesbury and Milton Keynes; the route options consultation […]
A direct rail link between Ipswich, Norwich and Oxford would unlock £17.5bn for the East Anglian economy, according to a new report published by the East West Rail Consortium. It says the link would boost economic output and create 120,000 jobs across East Anglia, connecting high value economies in key growth locations in Suffolk and […]
Download the Eastern Section Prospectus The improvement of East West Rail’s Eastern Section – covering Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk – will support growth and enable the scheme to be a strategic and resilient rail link which realises its full potential. The Consortium’s Eastern Section Prospectus shows that a direct rail link between Ipswich, Norwich and Oxford would unlock £17.5bn for the region’s economy. […]
This news release is from our colleagues at the East West Railway Company – set up by the Secretary of State for Transport in 2017 to deliver East West Rail The East West Railway Company today revealed five route options for the new rail line between Bedford and Cambridge All five route options reduce travel […]
The East West Rail Consortium has submitted its letter of support as part of the TWAO process for the Western Section. We would like to thank all those who took the time to give their support during the recent period of representation. The Consortium’s submission, which you can read it here, is strongly supportive of the overall strategic case […]
The transformational East West Rail project has taken another step forward today. Network Rail has applied to the Secretary of State for Transport for a Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) to construct phase 2 of the project between Bicester and Bedford. The East West Rail project is being built progressively in phases, and once […]
Our direction of travel is set by elected local authority representatives who sit on our Strategic Board. They are joined by representatives from sub-national transport bodies, local enterprise partnerships and government and its agencies. The current Chair of the East West Main Line Partnership is Cllr Katie Thornburrow (Cambridge City Council), the current Deputy Chair […]
Pupils at Bearbrook Combined School in Aylesbury were challenged to create the tallest structures using just pasta and jelly babies on Tuesday, March 13. Setting the challenge was Danny Miller, from Network Rail, whose work in the community is supported by the East West Rail Consortium – which includes Buckinghamshire County Council and Aylesbury Vale […]
From our colleagues at Network Rail, following several enquiries from residents: We can confirm that the letter sent by Bruton Knowles to some residents living near the line, regarding a barn owl survey, is genuine. Survey work is required and they have informed us that the letter asks for limited banking information which would be […]
The views of residents, businesses and passengers are being sought over the next four weeks on plans to continue the transformation of east-west rail services between Oxford, Bicester and Bedford and Milton Keynes and Aylesbury. Since the last round of consultation in July and August 2017, there have been a number of changes to the […]