Topic: Cambridge

Freight features in new line connecting Oxford and Cambridge

Freight has assumed a new and much higher priority in a bold new vision for the line currently under construction to connect the university cities of Oxford and Cambridge. Network Rail has laid out an...Read more

11-04-2022|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Freight a key part of the expanded East West Main Line Partnership

The East West Rail Consortium, which has campaigned to reinstate a railway between Oxford and Cambridge in East Anglia for more than 25 years, has been relaunched as the East West Main Line Partnership. The...Read more

14-10-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Where are the freight benefits in UK’s latest near-billion pound investment?

UK’s transport secretary Grant Shapps has launched a 794 million-pound (880 million euros) investment, claiming to boost rail links in the south and north of England. Money has been allocated to develop East West Rail...Read more

04-02-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton