East West Rail (EWR) tagged articles

Letters: “Sham survey by EWR had ambiguous questions shaped to provide mostly meaningless data”

With regard to your article of 23 September, Disbelief as EWR chief claims most people support new rail route, I think I may have found the source of Beth West's trumpeted support data...

Disbelief as EWR chief claims most people support new rail route

Campaigners have reacted in disbelief after claims made by the boss of East West Rail Company (EWR Co) said, “We know that over 70% of local residents along the route want EWR." The claim...

Letters: EWR will bring construction blight, remove hospital parking, and unbridled greenfield homebuilding

The diesel East West Railway is an inefficient and antiquated Victorian transport solution without merit for modern ecological inter-city travel. The Victorians themselves chose a straight flat route between...

Letters: Some are excited at the prospect of new rail links to the east and west

In his letter dated published 21 August, Martin Landmann suggests that EWR is a "solution looking for a problem", and notes that everyone he spoke to at the drop-in event he attended was concerned...

Letters: Is EWR A ‘solution’ looking for a problem?

In her letter of 15 August the CEO of East West Rail keenly highlighted the attendance at public drop-in events which is strange as it merely reflects the number of local residents who are unhappy about the project...

Letters: “I do not believe EWR are interested in anyone’s views other than their own.”

In reply to Beth West's letter regarding EWR in Bedfordshire, I would like to point out that during a conversation with one of her 'expert' team, I highlighted the fact that the hamlets of Colsden...

Minutes of meeting between Mayor and EWR now available online

Bedford Borough Council has published records of a meeting held between the mayor and East-West Rail (EWR) on 19 May 2023, where they discussed the ongoing development of the rail...

Bedford mayor criticised after local councillors not invited to EWR meeting

Bedford Borough Mayor Tom Wootton (Conservative) has been criticised after councillors were not invited to a public meeting about East West Rail (EWR) despite locals being told they were...

East West Rail and BFARe urge people to find out more about rail route through Bedford Borough

East West Rail Co, the organisation charged with delivering the East West Oxford to Cambridge project have published answers to what they say are the "key concerns and questions" following the updated...

Bedfordians deserve full assessment of East West Rail plans council told

Bedford Borough Council “owes it to the people of the borough” to carry out an assessment on East West Rail’s plans, a meeting heard. Jon Shortland, the council’s chief officer for planning, infrastructure and...

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