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Business case boost for East West Rail but homeowners remain in limbo

While blue chip businesses including KPMG, Silverstone and Colworth Park, have given their backing to the government's East West Rail project, local homeowners are still...
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Letters: East West Main Line Partnership continues to support East West Rail in full

I was surprised by the suggestion that East West Rail has ‘little political support’. The East West Main Line Partnership, which I chair, is made up of local authorities and local enterprise...
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Network rail recommends new Bedford platform for ‘fast London trains’

A report from Network Rail has said Bedford's Ashburnham Road station needs a new platform to serve 'fast trains to London'. The Bedford Area Strategic Advice also advises East West...
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Letters: East West Rail is a failure of tiers of Government as well as anyone else

This is a failure of tiers of Government as well as anyone else. On the one hand, English Regional Transport Association (ERTA) takes a view the Northern Route E between Bedford-Tempsford...
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East West Rail has “hit the buffers” says local MP

The £5bn East West Rail project was “a fantastic concept”, but has hit the buffers, according to North East Bedfordshire MP Richard Fuller. He opposes the development now, saying to Biggleswade...
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Bedford rail boss says they oppose EWR home demolition

The rail boss at Bedford Borough Council has stated, to “avoid any doubt," that the council opposes demolishing homes to make way for a six-track East West Rail route. Cllr Michael Headley...
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Letters: How will Bedford Borough Council limit negative environmental impact of East West Rail?

I watched the recent Borough Executive meeting and was disheartened by the new Rail Strategy. This failed to mention how the Borough Council is going to limit the negative environmental...
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Letters: East West Rail is taking time to review four vs six track options

It was good to see the opportunities that East West Rail (EWR) will bring to Bedford were covered at the Executive Meeting your articles reported on. Cllr Michael Headley is absolutely...
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Letters: I am unimpressed with Bedford Borough Councillors backtracking over EWR support

I was one of the residents who recently attended the Borough Council’s Executive to participate in the item that discussed East West Rail. I came away unimpressed. It is obvious that...
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Final consultation on 23,000 homes across Bedford Borough launched

Bedford Borough Council has launched its Local Plan 2040 for the next and final stage of the borough-wide consultation which includes building around 23,000 new homes. Local Plan 2040...
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