South Cambs leader avoids commitment to East West Rail route preference The council is working on a response to East West Rail's consultation on the proposed new railway line Leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council, Lib Dem Cllr Bridget Smith (Image: Cambridge News) Sign up to our newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice The leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council would not commit to backing a specific route for East West Rail when questioned at a cabinet meeting on Monday (May 24).