East West Rail is a nationally significant railway project which aims to deliver much-needed transport connections for communities between Oxford and Cambridge by:

• Upgrading an existing section of railway between Oxford and Bicester

• Bringing back a section of railway between Bicester and Bletchley services start in 2025 using trains like this one

• Refurbishing existing railway between Bletchley and Bedford

• Building brand new railway infrastructure between Bedford and Cambridge.

  Trains are already running between Oxford and Bicester. Test trains are rnning between Bletchley and Bicester from October 2024. Passenger trains will start running between Bicester, Bletchley and Milton Keynes by 2025 and are expected to run over the Bedford to Bletchley Railway and onwards to Cambridge by the end of the decade. The next stage is expected to be a statutory consultation on the Bletchley to Cambridge section.

• More details on the project can be found  here

• We understand some of those living close to the Bedford-Bletchley section of the railway may be receiving land interest questionnaires. More informaton on these can be found here.

• East West Rail have announced a further non-statutory consultation on the project running between November and January 2025. There are further meetings including at Bedford, Lidlington and Woburn Sands. Find out more here