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Plan to move East West Rail back into Network Rail

10 February 2026
 

The special purpose company set up to develop the East West Rail project looks set to be incorporated into Network Rail, following the Government’s review of arm’s length bodies.

The Conservative Government announced in 2016 that delivery of design, construction and operation of the railway between Oxford and Cambridge would be moved from Network Rail to a new EWR Company. 

The company was described as a “special purpose vehicle”. The DfT’s 2024/25 annual...

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