East-West Rail links and notes
Did you know that East-West Rail want to build a 2-track line on an embankment or viaduct just behind Baggott Hall Farm? Or that when complete, it would carry half-mile long diesel-hauled container trains at night, going to and from Felixstowe? You can find this and other useful info in this doc.
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East-West Rail links and notes Did you know that East-West Rail want to build a 2-track line on an embankment or viaduct just behind Baggott Hall Farm? Or that when complete, it would carry half-mile long diesel-hauled container trains at night, going to and from Felixstowe? You can find this and other useful info in this doc. David Clarke, rail notes, trains, UK, Railway Industry Association David Clarke’s East-West Rail notes https://tinyurl.com/davids-east-west-rail-notes I am sure you know by now that East-West Rail want to build a 2-track line on a 10m high embankment or viaduct just behind Baggot Hall Farm. When complete, it would carry half-mile long diesel-hauled container trains at night, going to and from Felixstowe, as well as diesel passenger trains. ________________ The on-line version of this document has several more pages with with clickable links. ________________ Complete the questionnaire Please complete the questionnaire from Harston East West Rail Action Group. Go to www.tinyurl.com/ewrhq or drop the form at the Post Office, by Wednesday 26th May. ________________ Submit your response to the EWR ‘Consultation’ It’s time to tell East-West Rail what you think of their proposals. Responses have to be in by Wed 9th June. An email (or letter) is best - send to consultation@eastwestrail.co.uk or you can use their online form at www.tinyurl.com/ewr-respond if you prefer. * See below for some ideas which you might like to expand on. ________________ Write to your local representatives Now the local elections are over and the results are in, it’s time to write to local politicians. * See below for a list of possible points to include. Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Mayor Nik Johnson nik.johnson@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/ South Cambridgeshire District Council (Harston and Comberton) Ian Sollom cllr.sollom@scambs.gov.uk 07722 065475 Tony Mason cllr.mason@scambs.gov.uk 07432 779551 Fiona Whelan cllr.whelan@scambs.gov.uk Bridget Smith cllr.BridgetSmith@scambs.gov.uk council leader Dr. Aidan Van de Weyer cllr.vandeweyer@scambs.gov.uk deputy council leader https://scambs.moderngov.co.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx Cambridgeshire County Council (Sawston and Shelford) Maria King maria.king@cambridgeshire.gov.uk 07764 609061 Brian Milnes brian.milnes@cambridgeshire.gov.uk https://cambridgeshire.cmis.uk.com/ccc_live/Councillors.aspx ________________ Write to national politicians It’s a numbers game - so please once you have composed a letter, please send a copy to some or all of these national politicians. https://members.parliament.uk/ Your MP, Anthony Browne anthony.browne.mp@parliament.uk The more letters/emails he gets the better… Bear in mind that he also has constituents north of Cambridge, so will try to please everyone. https://www.anthonybrowne.org/news/statement-east-west-rail Boris Johnson boris.johnson.mp@parliament.uk Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rishi.sunak.mp@parliament.uk Chancellor of the Exchequer Grant Shapps shappsg@parliament.uk Secretary of State for Transport Chris Heaton-Harris chris.heatonharris.mp@parliament.uk Minister of State (Transport) George Eustice george.eustice.mp@parliament.uk Minister of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Victoria Prentis victoria.prentis.mp@parliament.uk Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Dept for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Robert Jenrick robert.jenrick.mp@parliament.uk Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Chris Pincher christopher.pincher.mp@parliament.uk Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government). Steve Barclay stephen.barclay.mp@parliament.uk Chief Secretary to the Treasury Sir Keir Starmer keir.starmer.mp@parliament.uk Leader of the Opposition Rachel Reeves rachel.reeves.mp@parliament.uk Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Ms Abena Oppong-Asare abena.oppongasare.mp@parliament.uk Shadow Exchequer Secretary (Treasury) Bridget Phillipson bridget.phillipson.mp@parliament.uk Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Jim McMahon jim.mcmahon.mp@parliament.uk Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi tan.dhesi.mp@parliament.uk Shadow Minister (Transport) Luke Pollard luke.pollard.mp@parliament.uk Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Stephanie Peacock stephanie.peacock.mp@parliament.uk Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). Lucy Powell contact@lucypowell.org.uk Shadow Secretary of State for Housing ________________ Points that you might like to put into an email or letter Refusal by EWR give proper consideration to the northern route, which is favoured by CamBedRailRoad and well thought out by rail professionals. Object to the line not being electrified from day one. The idea that it could be converted to run on hydrogen or batteries is fantasy. We’ll be stuck with diesel for decades. Diesel emits CO2 and particulates. We should be moving away from carbon. Object to refusal of EWR to consider running tracks in a trench to avoid severance and noise. This is an established technique already used in UK, Netherlands and USA. ________________ No benefits whatsoever to Harston, Haslingfield and other villages. Closeness to Harston and Newton Primary school. Potential worsening of air quality, already bad from A10 traffic, caused by the huge embankment trapping polluted air near the village. Severance of farmland and cutting off of the road from Harston to Newton. Loss of safe footpaths and routes to school. All environmental bodies (BCN Wildlife trust, CPRE, woodland trust) support a northern approach Line is intended to carry freight, but EWR will not consider this when describing the impact of the line. Even though EWR state they must make the line ‘freight capable’. Running freight through the middle of Cambridge, at night, is integral to this scheme, even though EWR don’t consider it within their remit. This is an outrage. ________________ Lack of any economic case for building the line. EWR state that negligible passenger numbers would use the whole line. In effect the Cambridge end would be for the convenience of Cambourne residents wanting to get to Addenbrookes hospital. In the light of recent announcements by Grant Shapps of cut-backs in rail funding, is this a wise way to splash public money around? Northern route would go near to many proposed development areas, allowing the development of proper urban mass transit. The southern route does not. As local transport it would be rubbish. Southern route misses the science parks - one of the biggest employers. Misses the Northstowe development (10k homes). Leaves just a busway that cannot cope now. Why does the junction need to be in so tight to Harston and the Newton road? Moving it a bit further south would cost little, keep the road open and have less impact on Harston. It would also avoid devaluing our houses. Necessity of providing proper noise barriers from day one. Vibration effects on Mullard radio astronomy site undefined, despite a spec from the university. Lack of any details on compensation for loss of value to householders and farmers. Lack of details on any mitigation or environmental measures. ________________ Campaign groups Harston East West Rail Action Group www.harstonvillage.uk/east-west-rail ________________ Harston Residents Group are on Facebook and Twitter web site: http://www.harstonvillage.uk/about-the-group There is a robust blog article about East-West Rail. http://www.harstonvillage.uk/blog/east-west-rail-consultation-2021 Very good presentation about how this affects Harston: http://www.harstonvillage.uk/ewr-presentation ________________ Harston Parish Council https://harstonparishcouncil.com/your-parish-council/ ________________ Cambridge Approaches Campaign group based in Haslingfield. https://cambridgeapproaches.org/support-us/ GoFundMe page to fundraise for a judicial review: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-a-a-judicial-review-for-a-northern-approach Contribute what you can afford! ________________ People in the city are probably unaware that the new line is intended to carry freight from Felixstowe via Cambridge. It would run the freight trains right through the city, at night. IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS IN THE CITY please tell them about these plans. ________________ Facebook If you have Facebook, you might want to join the Harston and Newton families chat and discussion group, which is lively and has traffic about East-West Rail. ________________ On-Line meetings If you missed Anthony Browne’s on-line meeting about East-West Rail On Wednesday 21st April, he has made a recording available. Cambridge Approaches gave a good presentation and there was a lot of discussion, so if you have not been able to attend any meetings, this would be well worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaWJ4-y_whw Over 60 people did manage to attend. If only EWR had sent a delegate! ________________ East-West Rail Consultation March-June 2021 Now! https://eastwestrail.co.uk/ https://eastwestrail.co.uk/consultation consultation doc: https://eastwestrail-production.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/public/EAS060_ConDoc_310321_Digital_MASTER-1.pdf You can request a printed copy by calling 0330 1340067 technical report: https://eastwestrail-production.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/public/Consultation-Technical-Report-Full.pdf Contains some details of what is proposed for Harston. ________________ Petitions Please sign - and get all your family to sign too!
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