East West Rail (EWR) tagged articles

EWR Co announces new CEO as campaign groups launch petition to pause project

East West Railway (EWR) Company has announced the appointment of David Hughes as chief executive officer, who will take over from Beth West on 3 June. David joins EWR from ARUP...

Beth West will leave East West Rail when interim CEO contract ends

After two years in what was an interim CEO post, Beth West says she'll be leaving East West Rail Co (EWRCo) in May. The Bedford Independent reported in December that the Department for Transport...

East West Rail announces dates of latest information events

Throughout May, East West Railway Company (EWR Co) will be holding "information events" ahead of the statutory consultation process which will begin in June. The infrastructure project would see Bedford...

Bedford Labour Group holds fast on EWR position for now

Bedford Borough’s Labour Group won’t reconsider its position on East West Rail until after the next consultation, its leader has said. Councillor Carl Meader ( Kempston South) gave this...

Bedford mayor blasts Borders EWR comparison

Bedford’s mayor has blasted East West Rail after it claimed a new rail line in Scotland was an “outstanding example” of how railways can transform communities. EWR’s CEO, Beth West, says...

Conservative MP candidate says long-term benefits of EWR will outweigh initial negative impact on Borough

Cllr Pinder Chauhan, the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Bedford and Kemspton has said she believes the long-term benefits of the East West Rail route through Bedford will outweigh...

Letters: Mayor, you are in danger of selling Bedford short

I thought that as Borough's Mayor, you put up a robust performance before the House of Commons Transport Select Committee raising the concerns of Bedford’s residents concerning the proposed...

“Community involvement very important” EWR boss tells Transport Committee

East West Rail’s chief executive has said community involvement is “extremely important” but it can’t spend “endless amounts of money” holding events. Beth West, East West Rail’s chief executive officer...

Mayor “disappointed” but East West Rail says they’re actively considering council report

Mayor of Bedford Borough, Tom Wootton (Conservative) has said he's “deeply disappointed” that East West Rail Co have "made it clear" they won't look at their choice of the route again after he...

Letters: What about the other 189,000 residents not asked about the East West Rail project?

I am disappointed that your headline appears so extravagantly misleading and I fail to make the sums add up. To say that ’75% of Bedfordians are in favour of EastWest Rail’ when only 1000 appear to...

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