HS2 boosts Oxford-Cambridge connections with East West Rail bridge
HS2 and East West Rail have celebrated the installation of a new bridge that will carry direct rail services between Oxford and Cambridge.
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HS2 and East West Rail have celebrated the installation of a new bridge that will carry direct rail services between Oxford and Cambridge.
Global Railway Review’s Elliot Robinson interviews Simon Scott, Engineering Director at the East West Rail Company, about the East West Rail project – which was publicly endorsed by the Chancellor in his Autumn Statement - and what hopes he has for the project going into 2023.
The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) has appointment Gail Hawthorne and Simon Blanchflower CBE as Non-Executive Directors, and Rob Thompson as new Director of Implementation.
Beth West has been chosen to succeed Simon Blanchflower as Chief Executive Officer of the East West Railway Company.
The East West Rail Alliance has committed to restore habitats along the construction routes to build the East West Rail second phase between Bicester, Bletchley and Milton Keynes.
The East West Railway Company has appointed Arcadis as Commercial Partner in order to support communities between Oxford and Cambridge with STEM development, apprenticeships and new job opportunities.
EWR Co has appointed international technical and professional services firm, Jacobs, as its programme partner for the next three years to support the organisation through the next stage of its development.
The UK government has invested in the rail line between Oxford and Cambridge in order to improve the local economy and quality of life.
The official Invitation to Tender will provide the East West Railway Company with an interim solution whilst developing a sustainable rail line.
The East West Railway Company is seeking specialist partners to help deliver the East West Rail line which is hoped will bring connectivity to communities between Oxford and Cambridge.
Permission has been granted on Network Rail’s Transport and Works Act Order application for work to begin on the next phase of East West Rail.
East West Rail's announcement of its Preferred Route Option will now lead the UK Government to make a final decision on whether to take the project forward.
The company creating a new direct rail connection between Oxford and Cambridge has made its first major strategic award by appointing an Arup-led consortium to support the early works of project.
Communities between Oxford and Cambridge in Britain are on track to be linked by rail before the end of the next decade, creating opportunities for employment and business growth across the region.
For the first time in over 50 years, passengers could soon travel directly between Oxford and Bedford, and Milton Keynes and Aylesbury, as the East West Rail project moves a step forward.