East West Rail

A major report, from Bidwells and Blackstock Consulting, argues the government risks stifling innovation.

A letter signed by almost 70 representatives has been sent to transport secretary Grant Shapps.

Questions have been raised over the future of East West Rail after the government scaled back its commitments to the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.

Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council Lucy Nethsingha also revealed that funding for the Ox-Cam Arc has been “dramatically scaled back”.

He said he is proud of the team he has built and grateful for their hard work.

The East West Rail Consortium has been relaunched with a vision for a broader railway.

It may install some equipment overnight.

East West Railway Company chief executive Simon Blanchflower was invited to visit South Cambridgeshire by the area’s MP Anthony Browne.

The government has launched a 12-week consultation on the Arc's Spatial Framework.

Network Rail is asking the government for permission to build Cambridge South to serve the city and biomedical campus.

Residents argue it has been one-sided.

Kevin Hand sets out the environmental impact of East West Rail Company’s preferred southern route from Cambourne to Cambridge.

Cllr Bridget Smith’s comments came as Tories called on the Lib Dems to ‘toughen up’ their consultation response.

Campaigners have erected a tower to show the height of East West Rail’s proposed embankment at Harston.

Campaign group Cambridge Approaches discusses the purpose and value of the controversial new line.

Homes still under construction in South Cambridgeshire could be demolished under proposed East West Rail routes, campaigners say.

Parishes who would be impacted by an East West Rail northern route fear they are being “chucked under the train”, a chairman has claimed.

But transport secretary Grant Shapps has stopped short of ruling it out.

The East West Rail Company has set out the reasons for its route choice in the debate over a northern approach.

Opinion: Scientist and local resident James Perry shares his thoughts on the route.