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- 11 June 2026. Thursday. Railfuture North West regional branch meeting. Venue: Glossop Business Centre, The Old Co-Op Building, 10 Railway Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 7AG. 13:15. Lunch at The Smithy Fold Wetherspoons approx 12:15, timed for arrival of 12:03 train from Piccadilly. More info: Rf-NW

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- 9 June 2026. Tuesday. Final consultation by East West Rail Company before Development Consent Order (DCO) application submitted.

+ <strong> Saturday 28th November 2026 - Cambridge at 14:00</strong><br />

+ </li><li><span style="color:#8e44ad">We believe that earlier delivery is essential. The recent lessons from HS2 are both a warning and a solution; the improvements there can now been used as the basis of a much faster start for the works east of Bedford.</span>

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+ <ul><li> June - <em>"Exeter Central gets £2.7m overhaul to help end peak-time bottlenecks"</em> reports <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.exetertoday.co.uk/news/exeter-central-gets-ps27m-overhaul-to-end-peak-time-bottlenecks-8663220" rel="external">Exeter Today</a>, on the 8th, with photo taken by invited guest Tim Steer.</li><li> June - <em>"£2.7m transformation delivers safer, more accessible experience at Exeter Central"</em> reports <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/gbp-2-7m-transformation-delivers-safer-more-accessible-experience-at-exeter-central" rel="external">Network Rail</a>, on the 5th, as regional branch chair Tim Steer is pictured representing Railfuture Devon & Cornwall at one of the North Devon Line's principal destination stations.</li><li> June - <em>"Fears North Devon rail link could be another HS2"</em> repeats the <a class="wiki external" target="_blank" href="https://www.creditoncourier.co.uk/news/fears-north-devon-rail-link-could-be-another-hs2-914114" rel="external">Crediton Courier</a>, on the 5th.

+ 8th June - Exeter Today

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+ "Exeter Central gets £2.7m overhaul to help end peak-time bottlenecks" - photo by invited guest Tim Steer, Railfuture's Devon and Cornwall regional branch chair; see ExeterCentral03.

+ 7th June - "TavyRail meets Railfuture Devon & Cornwall" - Railfuture demonstrates support for reopening of line from Tavistock to Bere Alston as regional branch chair Tim Steer and branch secretary Alan Clark visited Tavistock to meet TavyRail chair Richard Searight.

+ East West Rail - click <a class="wiki" href="/display4384" rel="">view</a> or <a class="wiki" href="/dl4384" rel="">download</a> to see Railfuture's response to EWR Company's pre-DCO consultation. June 2026.<br /><br />East West Rail - <a class="wiki" href="/display3935" rel="">view</a> or <a class="wiki" href="/dl3935" rel="">download</a> Railfuture's response to EWR Company's third non-statutory consultation. January 2025.<br />

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