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🙌 What a milestone for the East West Rail project! A test train successfully completed its first run between Oxford and Milton Keynes. One step closer to reopening the line to passengers for the first time in nearly 60 years: 👉 #EastWestRail

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Matt1 year ago

A brand new railway with no overhead wires 👏🤣

Phil Young1 year ago

Good to see electric wires going up ☹️

monarch101 year ago

Why is it not electrified. This won't help your sustainability goals

Stephen Ashford1 year ago

Wot, no wires?

Jonathan Whiteland1 year ago

@Feltip1982 It was a diesel train, wasn’t it? :-(

Michael Bolton1 year ago

Meanwhile due to rolling stock issues 6 car rush hour services are reduced to 2 cars!!!! Could we have some trains on the line that is actually open and creaking under the presure of having a train operator with NO trains?

Gareth1 year ago

Let’s get it to and through Bedford 😎

skinny jeans 💙1 year ago

@seatsixtyone @AndyBTravels It goes through my village. Pity we haven’t got a station there! There was once upon a time.

Martin Lowrie1 year ago

The @eastwestrail website is a bit out of date at the moment, perhaps now that the rebuild has reached this stage a update would be interesting to read

James M 🇸🇪🇬🇬1 year ago

Good to see, but definitely needs wiring up.

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