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June 5, 2023 | Commuter Rail

Works starts on Cambridge South station

British government providing £200m for new station serving biomedical campus.

February 22, 2022 | Infrastructure

Alstom wins £130m contract to resignal Cambridge area

The contract covers 201km of track with possible future integration into other projects.

November 16, 2021 | Infrastructure

Network Rail saves £70m and six months on East West Rail

Decision not to replace a flyover like-for-like saves time and money on British rail reopening project.

January 23, 2021 | Infrastructure

£794m package to reopen British lines unveiled

TWO lines in England which have been closed for more than 50 years are due to be reopened under a £794m investment package announced on January 23 by British transport secretary, Mr Grant Shapps.

May 4, 2020 | Infrastructure

Britain’s East-West Rail project makes progress

BRITAIN’s infrastructure manager, Network Rail (NR) has started to remove sections of a 1960s viaduct at Bletchley for the East-West Rail project.

February 26, 2020 | Infrastructure

Specialist partners sought for Britain's east-west rail project

EAST West Railway has published a prior information notice to find specialist partners to help the company deliver the proposed East-West Rail project to connect Oxford and Cambridge.

February 4, 2020 | Main line

East West Rail phase 2 work to proceed

A Works Act Order application by British infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) for phase 2 of the East-West Rail project to restore services from Oxford and Aylesbury to Milton Keynes and Bedford has been approved by the Department for Transport.

January 30, 2020 | Infrastructure

Alignment chosen for Bedford - Cambridge line

THE British government has selected the preferred route for a new line from Bedford to Cambridge as part of the plan to reopen the Oxford - Cambridge railway.

November 27, 2019 | Main line

East West Rail appoints consortium for preparatory work

BRITAIN’s East West Rail Company (EWR) has appointed an Arup-led consortium to undertake preparatory work on the Bedford - Cambridge central section of the planned East West Rail line between Oxford and Cambridge.

July 11, 2019 | Fleet

East West Railway Company to launch rolling stock procurement

BRITAIN’s East West Railway Company (EWR Co) has confirmed it intends to begin a formal rolling stock procurement process later this year, following the conclusion of a rolling stock market engagement exercise which commenced in November 2018.

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