Cambs councils disagree on best route for East West Rail

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Cambridgeshire’s preference is route A (top). South Cambridgeshire prefers a route via Cambourne, of which two featured in the consultation, including route B (above)

Cambridgeshire’s preference is route A (top). South Cambridgeshire prefers a route via Cambourne, of which two featured in the consultation, including route B (above)

Councils in Cambridgeshire are at odds over the best route for the Bedford to Cambridge section of the East West Rail (EWR) project. 

The Government’s East West Rail company has just ended a consultation on five route options across Cambridgeshire, two taking a northerly route via Cambourne and three taking a southerly route via Bassingbourn (LTT 01 Feb). 

All route options would enter Cambridge from the south, serving a proposed new Cambridge South railway station on the West...

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