East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements
A nationally significant infrastructure project in Aylesbury Vale, Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Cherwell, Chiltern South Bucks, Huntingdonshire, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Oxfordshire, South Cambridgeshire, Wycombe. The promoter is consulting and preparing its application.
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Where it is in the process
- Pre-application
- Submitted
- Pre-examination
- Examination
- Recommendation
- Decision due
- Decided
The site
The outline is the boundary the promoter published. It can include cable, pipeline or road routes as well as the main site. 3,351 hectares inside the published boundary.
What is proposed
The project will comprise a new railway line between Bedford Station and Cambridge Station. There will be other associated works to the railway network in and around Oxford, Bicester, Winslow, Bletchley and on the Marston Vale Railway Line between Bletchley and Bedford. These works will include changes to level crossings and to stations as well as the provision of new facilities. East West Rail will enable the operation of trains between Oxford and Cambridge.
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