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- EAST WEST RAIL LINK
- 28/02/2021 - Politician unhappy about lack of electrification with penny-pinching government focused on hydrogen or battery technologies
- 30/06/2018 - Timeline for Western Section phase 2 Transport & Works Act Application submission
- 14/09/2009 - Lord Adonis meets representatives of East West Rail consortium and asks to know how he could help to make it happen
- 16/11/2008 - East West Rail consortium reveals progress on western section
- 16/11/2008 - Lib Dem rail priorities include East West Rail according to press release
- 13/01/2007 - Marston Vale line gets further upgrade to increase line speed
- 22/07/2006 - East West Rail Consortium keeps up the pressure
- 12/05/2006 - East West Rail Consortium announces further package of consultancy work to be carried out by Steer Davies Gleave
- 12/05/2006 - Funding of Aylesbury Vale Parkway (Berryfields) station helps progress towards East West Rail Link
- 06/03/2004 - East West Rail consortium produce glossy new leaflet
- 16/01/2004 - Milton Keynes growth plans help justify East West Rail Link
- 16/07/2003 - Alistair Darling offers olive branch to East West Rail supporters when announcing massive road schemes
- 05/06/2003 - East West Rail Link is "dead in the water" - only a West-West rail link - according to Bedford newspaper
- 24/02/2003 - Freight use could be saviour for East West Rail Link phase 1
- 04/11/2002 - Bedfordshire Railway and Transport Association protests about threat to Sandy-Bedford trackbed
- 07/10/2002 - East West Rail Link progresses silently
- 23/08/2002 - Bletchley Flyover reopening to aid WCML upgrade work will benefit East West Rail Link
- 06/05/2002 - Investors "eager to fund" East West Rail Link
- 25/03/2002 - Marston Vale resignalling project
- 03/10/2001 - Newspapers finally report that SRA has rejected funding of the East-West Rail Link
- 23/08/2001 - BRTA asks campaigners to lobby SRA to approve funding for EWRL phase 1 - Bicester to Bletchley
- 09/08/2001 - SRA turns down funding for "Phase 1 West" - Bicester to Bletchley
- 08/02/2001 - Tender published by East West Rail Ltd
- MULTI-MODAL STUDIES
- RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
- RAIL ROUTES
- 30/09/2021 - Short section of East West Rail line close to Bicester reopens, whilst commercial partner appointed for link to Cambridge
- 31/07/2021 - East West Rail contract to construct Bletchley High Level platforms signed, as Jacobs appointed East West Rail Programme Partner
- 31/03/2021 - Second non-statutory public consultation on East West Rail launched
- 31/01/2021 - East West Rail 'Western Section' phase 2 funding confirmed by Treasury
- 30/11/2020 - East West Railway Company begins second phase of rolling stock procurement and launches new environmental surveys
- 30/11/2020 - Network Rail given permission to close Cambridgeshire level crossings five years after submitting application
- 31/10/2020 - East West Railway Company sets up a Community Hub as a prelude to its public consultations in 2021
- 30/09/2020 - East West Rail Company looks for support contracts and a partner for DCO application to build Bedford-Cambridge railway
- 31/08/2020 - East West Rail Consortium appoints Steer to develop a business case for enhancing rail connectivity on Eastern Section
- 31/07/2020 - Consultants appointed to develop business case for eastern section of the East West Rail Link
- 31/05/2020 - First major sign of East West Rail reopening progress as Bletchley viaduct rebuild commences
- 31/03/2020 - East West Railway Company invites bids for short-term rolling stock contract
- 29/02/2020 - Transport and Works Act Order granted or East West Rail western section phase 2
- 31/10/2019 - First set of accounts for the operational the East West Railway Company Limited are published
- 30/09/2019 - East West Rail central section designated as a nationally significant project
- 28/02/2019 - East West Rail makes 'powerful case' for direct services from Ipswich and Norwich to Oxford
- 28/02/2019 - Government's National Infrastructure Commission calls for 'clearer vision' from government to deliver growth in Cambridge-Oxford arc
- 28/02/2019 - Public inquiry for phase 2 of the western section of East West Rail opens in Milton Keynes
- 31/01/2019 - East West Railway Company seeks specialist partners to deliver the Bedford-Cambridge section
- 30/09/2018 - East West Rail Consortium thanks everyone who has written to support Network Rail's TWA application for the Western Section
- 30/09/2018 - Government considers using ETCS train control system across all phases of East West Rail
- 31/07/2018 - Network Rail submits TWA Order application for the second phase of the East West Rail link central section
- 28/02/2018 - Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge Corridor All-Party Parliamentary Group launched
- 31/12/2017 - East West Rail Company formally launched by Secretry of State of Transport
- 30/11/2017 - Chancellor confirms funding for the Western Section of the East West Rail Link
- 31/08/2017 - East West Rail very unlikely to be electrified
- 31/01/2017 - Managing Director of East West Rail Company is appointed
- 31/12/2016 - Secretary of State for Transport unveils plans for private company to build and operate East West Rail
- 30/11/2016 - National Infrastructure Commission urges the Government to open East West Rail western section by 2024
- 31/07/2016 - Railfuture and politicians interviewed by ITV News about progress of East West Rail towards Cambridge
- 31/03/2016 - Network Rail announces preferred corridor for East West Rail link between Bedford and Cambridge
- 28/12/2015 - Alliance formed to design and build East West Rail phase 2
- 30/11/2015 - Possible long delay of Western Section of East West Rail concerns consortium
- 20/08/2015 - Could East West Rail western section be delayed as Network Rail misses GRIP 3 milestone by nine months?
- 31/07/2015 - Railfuture issues press release as short list of two Bedford-Cambridge rail corridors are announced
- 31/08/2014 - Atkins report for East West Rail Consortium calculates that a reopened Oxford-Cambridge route could boost regional economy by £750m
- 31/07/2014 - Western Section of the East West Rail Route could could boost annual GDP by £73 million according to report for consortium
- 29/01/2014 - East West Rail vegetation clearance work commences on mothballed section between Claydon Junction and Bletchley
- 30/11/2013 - Cambridge City MP tells Transport Minister that East West Rail between Cambridge and Oxford is vital
- 30/11/2013 - Oxford City Council decides not to pay a financial contribution towards East West Rail western section
- 31/10/2013 - Councils approve their financial contribution towards East West Rail western section
- 30/09/2013 - Railfuture publishes its analysis of possible Bedford-Cambridge routes for East West Rail
- 30/09/2013 - Physical start made to Oxford-Bicester Evergreen 3 as a prelude to East West Rail reopening
- 31/01/2013 - Eighty "excited" people attend "very positive" East West Rail presentation in Winslow
- 29/10/2012 - Chiltern Railways runs a special train to promote the East West Rail Link to officials and the media
- 29/10/2012 - East West Rail Consortium holds stakeholder meeting as completion of full scheme slips to 2019
- 29/07/2012 - East West Rail Consortium considering two routes to extend to Cambridge and may propose both as different phases
- 30/03/2012 - Reopening of Marylebone-Oxford "Evergreen 3" public inquiry will not delay opening of western section of East-West link
- 17/12/2011 - Surprise government funding for Western Section of the East West Rail Link should see opening in 2017
- 15/11/2011 - Calls for an intermediate railway station at Winslow on the East West Rail route between Bicester and Bletchley
- 15/11/2011 - Omission from Network Rail's Initial Industry Plan is not a setback for East West Rail as it is a private scheme
- 10/09/2011 - East West Rail report from Oxford Economics claims that reopened western section will benefit UK economy
- 26/02/2011 - High Speed 2 could help East West Rail Link according to Greengauge 21
- 20/06/2010 - GRIP4 study for western section of East West Rail Link finds "exceptionally strong" business case
- 28/05/2010 - Election candidates express support for new rail routes - East West Rail Link and March-Wisbech line
- 16/01/2010 - TWA Order Application submitted for £250m "Evergreen 3" Marylebone-Oxford route
- 28/11/2009 - East West Rail Consortium admits that western section will perobably be delayed owing to recession
- 16/02/2009 - Steer Davies Gleeve announces route options for eastern section of East West Rail link
- 21/01/2009 - Atkins awarded GRIP4 cotract for design work on western section of East West Rail Link
- 08/12/2008 - Steer Davies Gleeve report studies new eastern route options for East West Rail Link
- 14/09/2008 - East West Rail Link Consortium signs agreement with Chiltern Railways to work together
- 04/04/2004 - Consultant's report for East West Rail Link finally published - scheme is "credible, deliverable and affordable"
- 02/03/2006 - Western end of East West Rail Line moves slowly forward with regular use of Bletchley flyover
- 09/02/2006 - Cambridge Sport Lake could remove threat at Willington to East West Rail Link
- 09/02/2006 - Oxford-Cambridge Air Link shows need for an East West Rail Link
- 25/11/2004 - East West Rail Link delayed by yet another government request for a study
- 23/09/2004 - Bedford-Bletchley modernisation completion is major stage in East West Rail Link
- 22/12/2003 - East West Rail Link still threatened by rowing lake
- 30/10/2003 - East West Rail link - yet more rubbish
- RAIL SERVICES
- ROLLING STOCK
- STATIONS
- WEBSITES
- 31/03/2014 - Website created to promote rail industry collaboration for rebuilding Bicester to Oxford rail route
- 09/04/2009 - Chiltern Railways set-up website to promote their proposal for Marylebone-Oxford trains
- 23/11/2008 - Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership wins second place in CRP award for websites
- 26/06/2000 - East-West Rail Link launches new website
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