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Letters: Is East West Rail Bedford’s Eton mess?

Bedford local authorities once upon a time used to write saying there was no case for a rail link east of Bedford and the old route had blockages on it. Now they reject...

Letters: An open letter to the government and East West Rail Company

The sheer arrogance of East West Rail and the government is unacceptable. The people of Bedford Borough continue to suffer due to their lack of direction and communication...

Bedford MP describes meeting with rail minister as “most disappointing” of his parliamentary career

Bedford and Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin (Labour) has described his meeting this week with the rail minister, Wendy Morton, as the most disappointing he's had since becoming...

East West Rail campaigners confront Mayor Dave on his village tour

Richard Fuller MP and parish representatives join East West Rail chief for Route E ‘walkabout’

Richard Fuller, Conservative MP for North East Bedfordshire, was joined by parish council representatives on a walk through East West Rail's Route E with EWR Co's chief executive, Simon Blanchflower...

East West Rail: Local political tensions rumble on

The Conservative group continue to want a re-consultation of route options between Bedford-St Neots/Tempsford, but the Lib Dems argue if such a move occurred, East West Rail would be delayed by years...

NE Bedfordshire MP asks East West Rail chief for “in-depth review”

Letters: No-one should rest on the council’s laurels over commissioned East West Rail report

The report issued by the mayor was not issued by East West Rail, nor has it been agreed by them. It is written by a consultant that Bedford Borough Council (BBC) employed called SLC...

Nature-loving six-year-old urges PM to reconsider East West Rail route

A young resident from Rehold has written to the Prime Minister to ask him to reconsider the East West Rail route. Nature-loving Jacob Harker, aged six, who lives with his family in Renhold, sent the letter to Boris Johnson...

East West Rail launches ‘live chat’ and webinars as part of next stage of consultation

East West Rail Company (EWR Co) is launching a series of live chat events and webinars as part of the latest phase of its consultation. It concerns the five possible alignments of the Oxford to Cambridge rail link...

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