East West Rail Line

(asked on 19th July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains the Government's position to support the building of East West Rail to completion.


Answered by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 25th July 2022

Connection Stage 1 (CS1) of East West Rail (Oxford to Bletchley and Milton Keynes) is currently in construction with Entry into Service by 2025. Connection Stage 2 (Bletchley to Bedford) and Connection Stage 3 (Bedford to Cambridge) of East West Rail are at development stage and next steps for the project will be set out in due course.

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