Varsity Line News Today

SIR – The most telling aspect of the defection of Dr Dan Poulter – the former Tory minister who crossed the floor on Saturday to join the Labour Party, mere days before the country votes in local elections – is that it demonstrates that there is now no difference between the Conservative and Labour parties. His judgment that Labour may be more competent and committed to these socialist policies is undoubtedly correct, but it does not disguise the bald truth that the Tories h...

Ministers have failed to demonstrate how they will achieve the promised benefits of the under-construction Oxford-Cambridge rail link, despite spending

Minding the gap between statistics and reality, Naima Clarvis speaks to Cambridge Approaches to map out the case for and against East West Rail

EWR is sticking with its six-track plan

The historic swing bridge which is being restored near Oxford railway station didn’t enjoy the best of starts.

East West Rail (EWR) is a new railway line being created between Oxford and Cambridge. But it is not being delivered by Network Rail – instead it is being

They are concerned the new Great British Rail organisation will put their jobs at risk

Oxford Train Station OXFORDSHIRE’s political top brass has welcomed plans to forge a new rail link to Cambridge, though the decision not to electrify the line has been branded a ‘disaster for our environment’. On Saturday, (January 23), the Department for Transport announced it would spend £760m on rebuilding the railway tracks between Bicester and Bletchley in Buckinghamshire as part of a scheme called East-West Rail. Following the old ‘Varsity Line’, the new train tracks will...