Mayorâs âbreakthroughâ Network Rail partnership speeds Wisbech-Cambridge rail service further down the track | Updated: 11:23, 04 March 2021 A new âbreakthroughâ partnership between Cambridgeshire Mayor James Palmer and Network Rail could help speed up the reopening of the Wisbech rail link. Mayor Palmer, has secured the 'powerful' partnership with Network Rail which can push Wisbech rail plans forward in tandem with work to free up the Ely rail bottleneck. Wednesday's (10) transport and infrastructure committee of the Combined Authority will hear how Mayor Palmerâs meetings with the rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris have paid off with the minister undertaking to consider funding the Combined Authorityâs plans to restore Wisbech Rail as soon as work currently in hand to improve train services through Ely has been completed.