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Operator for first leg of East West Rail announced


25/03/2025 in News

Chiltern Railways has been confirmed as the operator of the first leg of East West Rail by the Rail Minister, Lord Hendy.




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  • Dr P. N. Jarvis - 26/03/2025 14:12

    Taken their time about this - the line has been finished for months and was originally promised for 2016! If you talk to East-West staff at their meetings and mention the DoT, their eyes cast up to Heaven.... Let us trust the service starts with the summer timetable in May....

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