Bletchley’s development is no enigma
Bletchley was once a sleepy village in the Buckingham countryside, about 43 miles (69 km) north of London. Sleepy, and with a modesty little halt on the West…
Borders Railway: blueprint for East West Rail
England’s East-West Rail potential is perfectly illustrated by the huge success of the reopened Scottish Borders Railway. Backers of the project to connect Cambridge and Oxford have cited…
HS2 maintenance depot development receives design approval
Britain’s HS2 high-speed rail project has had a welcome boost. Approval has been granted for the design of a system-wide infrastructure maintenance depot at Calvert in Buckinghamshire. The…
Progress on East West Rail despite audit and questions
From the railway industry point of view, January has been an unqualified success for East West Rail. Reconnecting Oxford and Cambridge passed a significant milestone. The multi-billion pound…
Controversial Calvert crossover as HS2 and EWR meet
Britain’s two contentious and controversial independently promoted rail developments have met. The crossing point for HS2 and East West Rail is in rural Buckinghamshire, and civil engineering has…
England’s railway without any trains
It’s the ‘bustitution’ of all time. Passengers on the platform for the next train on the Marston Vale Line might want to take a seat. They have another…