East West Rail

The farmland, known as Westfield, is part of the 400-acre Lark Rise Farm

She said East West Rail will support ‘vibrant new and expanded communities along the route’.

The East West Rail Company has been told it must do better at explaining its proposals.

The EWR project proposes to create a new rail link between Oxford and Cambridge.

The updated proposals are under discussion throughout January 2025.

Consultation is under way on the revised plans as impact comes under scrutiny.

Some residents are ‘feeling desperate’, warns William Harrold of Cambridge Approaches.

Details of impact on main Cambridge station also features.

He joins EWR from ARUP where he has been major programmes director.

The minister said the £7bn railway line is needed to deliver a workforce to the city.

The LIQs are designed to give EWR Co up-to-date information about land ownership, occupation and usage.

The meeting was organised by Cambridge Approaches.

The railway will connect Oxford to Cambridge via new stations at Cambourne and Tempsford, near St Neots.

National Audit Office also reveals full electrification will cost £1bn.

Beth West said the £5bn route is not just a railway but an ‘economic project’.

Campaigners made their feelings clear at drop-in events.

Four-platform rail link on Cambridge Biomedical Campus expects to handle 1.8m passengers a year.

But East West Railway Co admits northern route would be cheaper and less environmentally damaging

It calculates that 300 buses per hour would be needed under GCP plans - but says phase one of light rail could be delivered for £600m.

The government has also announced funding relating to growth around new stations.