Spending Review: Colossal £25bn for HS2 eclipses other transport pledges Transport and infrastructure HS2’s colossal funding package eclipses all other railway investment pledges that Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in her Spending Review. Reeves pledged £3.5bn investment into the Transpennine route upgrade and £2.5bn for East-West rail as part of the Spending Review. The Chancellor also set out plans to “take forward” the UK’s ambitions for Northern Powerhouse Rail, [...]
Arriva’s Chiltern Railways announced as first East West Rail operator Transport and infrastructure Arriva Group’s Chiltern Railways has been selected to operate the first stage of the East West Rail project linking Oxford and Cambridge. The Department for Transport (DfT) said on Tuesday it expected services to start later this year, connecting Milton Keynes to Oxford for the first time in 60 years. East West Rail, a proposed [...]
Could bats put East West Rail off track? Business East West Rail could provide a direct connection between Oxford and Cambridge for the first time, but opposition to the project is growing.