‘People can see – but can’t use it’: mystery of completed East-West Rail line that has no passenger trains
•The East West Rail project linking Oxford to Milton Keynes was finished in 2024.
•There’s just one hitch: no servicesThe rumbling noise in the night, still enough to waken the unhabituated, is what really goads some people living in Winslow, Buckinghamshire.
•Freight trains running through the new station since late 2024 prove this stretch of railway is operational.
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المصدر: The Guardian | Source: The GuardianThe East West Rail project linking Oxford to Milton Keynes was finished in 2024. There’s just one hitch: no services
The rumbling noise in the night, still enough to waken the unhabituated, is what really goads some people living in Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Freight trains running through the new station since late 2024 prove this stretch of railway is operational. But the long-promised passenger services have yet to appear – and there is no sign of any arriving soon.
Welcome to East West Rail, open or not. For well over a decade, ministers have talked up a new railway linking Oxford to Cambridge via Milton Keynes to accelerate the drive for housing, jobs and growth – an arc of tech industry hailed as the UK’s answer to Silicon Valley.
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