East West Rail

More homes than currently exist in the whole of Cambridge could be built in the area by 2041 under a revised housing blueprint put forward.

There is still uncertainty over the final route.

A new £184million Cambridge South railway station will be built after plans were approved by the Department for Transport.

There had been doubts over the Bedford-Cambridge section.

Campaigners brought a white elephant to the event.

Residents are reminded that a face-to-face meeting with representatives from East West Rail is set to take place today (Wednesday, October 12).

Buses alone ‘not the full answer for city’ says Cllr Lucy Nethsingha.

The PM said that not building these projects fast enough was ‘one of these reasons for our sluggish economic growth’.

Peter Blake’s comments will fuel further speculation over the future of the £5bn scheme.

An embankment dubbed the ‘Great Wall’ could be scrapped after a huge backlash from campaigners, residents and politicians.

Hannah Staunton responds to those who questioned the case for the Oxford-Cambridge line.

A cancelled face-to-face meeting with representatives from East West Rail has been rescheduled to take place next month.

William Harrold questions the value for money, climate change impact and potential of the route.

Infrastructure body delivers verdict on £5bn scheme, while letters show political, business and academic support for line.

The event in Haslingfield on Tuesday (July 19), which was expected to be well attended, has been cancelled.

Daniel Zeichner MP has accused the Conservatives of “reducing the future prosperity of the region to a pawn in the Tory leadership battle”.

Mr Shapps said the project would be the first to face the axe when asked what he would cut from the transport budget during an interview with LBC.

Events are being held in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire.

Cambridge is heading into a perfect storm, with its burgeoning growth heaping pressure on the region’s under-powered public transport system.

A letter was transport secretary Grant Shapps calling for the business case to be published if the project is to continue.