East-West Rail

26th April 5-7 pm at Harston Village Hall The Harston and Newton Parish Councils’ EWR Group will share updates on proposals to reduce the impact on our communities as well as receive any feedback.

Saturday 14 March 2pm-5pm Hauxton Centre, Church Road, Hauxton, Cambridge, CB22 5HS Beginning this month, design update events will take place along our proposed route between Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge. The events will showcase how public feedback has helped shape our plans, following the publication of our You Said, We Did report last November, Read more

Please join us at the Village Hall on Saturday 11th January at 6.30 pm to express your views about EWR in Harston

Please remember to let EWR know your views about the project in general and the consequences that this will have in Harston by filling in the feedback form or emailing your views at consultation@eastwestrail.co.uk before the 24th January 2025. Finally, please also fill in the very short survey arranged by Read more

Cambridge Approaches has started a new petition to pause plans for Oxford-Cambridge rail link pending a full, independent review. Support the petition following this link https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/661989 Please note that due to the General Election the deadline for this petition is brought forward to 00:01 30th May 2024.

As we lead up to the planned EWR statutory consultation in June, the Cambridge Approaches Working Group will be holding an online Zoom meeting on the 26th March 2024 from 20:00, consisting of several short presentations (see agenda topics here) followed by a discussion. To join you need to register Read more

A meeting at Harston Village Hall on Sunday 14 January was attended by over 100 residents from Harston and Hauxton who came along to hear an update on how East West Rail’s proposed southern route would impact our villages. William Harrold of campaigning organisation Cambridge Approaches addressed the meeting via Read more

East West Rail | a disaster for harston On 31 March 2021, East West Rail (EWR) released their preferred route options for the Bedford to Cambridge section of the line. The proximity to Harston and the scale of the proposed works have shocked us. We are working with the Parish Read more

Many of you have contacted both the Parish Council and Harston Residents’ Group regarding the East West Rail (EWR) consultation, asking what it means for the village, and how you can respond. The short answer is: we’re working on it. We will be submitting a response on behalf of Harston Read more