East West Rail reveals preferred design for train depot

Summarised from BBC Beds Bucks And Herts's report · Updated 5 Nov, 06:55 · Archive

East West Rail has chosen a bow-tie design for a maintenance depot near Newton Longville, Buckinghamshire, as part of its Oxford-Cambridge rail scheme.

East West Rail has selected a bow-tie design for its proposed maintenance depot near Newton Longville, Buckinghamshire. The layout enables trains to enter and leave the yard from both directions and would be built on greenfield land alongside Whaddon Road, west of Bletchley. The depot would house 20 five-car trains of about 120 metres each, with workshops for cleaning, inspection and maintenance, and would create around 100 jobs.

Natalie Wheble from EWR said the chosen design offered 'the strongest overall balance between environmental impacts, costs and crucially provides operational flexibility'. The company considered two other layouts before selecting the bow-tie option following stakeholder engagement. The preferred design could see three bridges demolished and then rebuilt. Final plans will be submitted to the government next year.

Mike Chapman, a parish councillor in Newton Longville, said residents feel they have not been adequately consulted over the plan, particularly those at risk of losing land to the development.

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• East West Rail reveals design for train depotFinal plans for depot will go to the government next year, the company says.BBC Beds Bucks And Herts · 5 Nov, 06:11

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