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Cambridge Connect makes the case for mass transit to serve Cambridge and its surrounding region. The network includes a short tunnel in the city centre to enable…
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Check out our new video profiling light rail as a backbone of mass transit to support the Cambridge region. The network would connect key residential, commercial, education & health centres, joined up w trains, buses, active travel & Park & Rides:
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More at cambridgetownowl.com/2025/09/24/p... from September’s CBC Forum @cambridge-connect.bsky.social
Plans for a ‘New, New Addenbrooke’s’
AKA Addenbrooke’s 3…which rest on a series of pillars outside of the control and maintenance of the CUH NHS Trust. You can find out more on Addenbrooke’s 3 here This follows on from the…
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December 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
More at cambridgetownowl.com/2025/09/24/p... from September’s CBC Forum @cambridge-connect.bsky.social
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'Radical' plans for a new £2.3bn major hospital
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Cambridge NHS trust reveals plans for a new £2.3bn hospital
More than 70% of the trust's current estate is in a poor or bad condition.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
'Radical' plans for a new £2.3bn major hospital
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Note the proposed tunnels…which makes me think cc @cambridge-connect.bsky.social —>
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Looking at the recently released update to the East West Rail proposal for a new railway between Oxford and Cambridge
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December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Note the proposed tunnels…which makes me think cc @cambridge-connect.bsky.social —>
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….Could we keep the tunnelling teams together once the East West Rail work has been completed and transfer them over to do the main tunnel work for @cambridge-connect.bsky.social Light Rail? 🙂💡👍🏾
December 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
….Could we keep the tunnelling teams together once the East West Rail work has been completed and transfer them over to do the main tunnel work for @cambridge-connect.bsky.social Light Rail? 🙂💡👍🏾
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NEW BLOGPOST: "Cambridge Growth Company’s Mass Transit Commission to report back in June 2026" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/30/c... Plus some things on the water crisis.
Cambridge Growth Company’s Mass Transit Commission to report back in June 2026
Which probably means July if they want to get it done before Parliament’s summer recess, or September for when Parliament returns. It’s in papers for South Cambridgeshire District Counc…
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November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
NEW BLOGPOST: "Cambridge Growth Company’s Mass Transit Commission to report back in June 2026" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/30/c... Plus some things on the water crisis.
Good to see progress on MRT, updating Mass Transit Options study of 2018 is badly needed. We anticipate light rail will be one of the options considered; it is the most proven, practical and deliverable form of mass transit available, as evidenced in dozens of cities across Europe.
Minutes of last month's meeting of the Cambridge Growth Company's Advisory Council meeting - where our elected representatives can provide input - including an update on planning for Mass Rapid Transit in Cambridge. thecgc.org.uk/files/176416...
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Good to see progress on MRT, updating Mass Transit Options study of 2018 is badly needed. We anticipate light rail will be one of the options considered; it is the most proven, practical and deliverable form of mass transit available, as evidenced in dozens of cities across Europe.
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NEW BLOGPOST: "The Cambridge Growth Company risks making the same mistake as the GCP on light rail" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/27/t... Ft @cambridge-connect.bsky.social This is so effing grinding!!!
The Cambridge Growth Company risks making the same mistake as the GCP on light rail
The minutes from the lates growth company meeting make for depressing reading for light rail supporters “CGC has accepted a commission from MHCLG, HMT and DfT to lead on a strategic outline b…
cambridgetownowl.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
NEW BLOGPOST: "The Cambridge Growth Company risks making the same mistake as the GCP on light rail" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/27/t... Ft @cambridge-connect.bsky.social This is so effing grinding!!!
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NEW BLOGPOST: "Tourism taxes coming to England following Scotland’s example" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/25/t... We won't find out the detail until tomorrow when the consultation is launched.
Tourism taxes coming to England following Scotland’s example
A long-overdue policy change following campaigning by metro mayors was made in a written statement to Parliament by local government ministers earlier “The consultation is available on GOV.UK…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
NEW BLOGPOST: "Tourism taxes coming to England following Scotland’s example" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/25/t... We won't find out the detail until tomorrow when the consultation is launched.
A Visitor Accommodation Supplement can enable the Cambridge light rail scheme we’ve proposed, including the tunnel. The Mayor of the Combined Authority should implement it without delay to deliver on 2025 election promise.
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English mayors will get new powers to levy tourist taxes
Mayors will be given the power to charge tourists a tax for staying overnight in their towns and cities.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A Visitor Accommodation Supplement can enable the Cambridge light rail scheme we’ve proposed, including the tunnel. The Mayor of the Combined Authority should implement it without delay to deliver on 2025 election promise.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW BLOGPOST: "Ministers confirm Cambridge East Station, and Eastern Entrance for Cambridge Station" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/19/m... I'll be on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire later this morning to talk about this
Ministers confirm Cambridge East Station, and Eastern Entrance for Cambridge Station
Clear? Didn’t think it was! One refers to a new station entrance we’ve been waiting 75 years for, while another is a new station on the Cambridge-Newmarket line possibly by the southern…
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November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
NEW BLOGPOST: "Ministers confirm Cambridge East Station, and Eastern Entrance for Cambridge Station" cambridgetownowl.com/2025/11/19/m... I'll be on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire later this morning to talk about this
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See also @cambridge-connect.bsky.social at www.cambridge-connect.uk/submission-s... which the GCP could have awarded a small amount of funding for a feasibility study for a light rail backed by 4 of the 5 mayoral election candidates - including the new Mayor Paul Bristow. There are alternatives.
Submission supporting alternative to C2C - Cambridge Connect
The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) applied in November 2024 to the Secretary of State for the Department for Transport (DfT) for a Transport and Work Act Order (TWAO) for a new busway, travel hub...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
See also @cambridge-connect.bsky.social at www.cambridge-connect.uk/submission-s... which the GCP could have awarded a small amount of funding for a feasibility study for a light rail backed by 4 of the 5 mayoral election candidates - including the new Mayor Paul Bristow. There are alternatives.
Uppsala, Sweden, with a population similar to Cambridge, plans to invest £650M in a 17 km tramway with the aim of opening in 2029. It will connect residential, business & University areas with the main rail line & transport hubs - excellent plan! www.mainspring.co.uk/industry-new...
Uppsala next Swedish city to invest in tramway
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November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Uppsala, Sweden, with a population similar to Cambridge, plans to invest £650M in a 17 km tramway with the aim of opening in 2029. It will connect residential, business & University areas with the main rail line & transport hubs - excellent plan! www.mainspring.co.uk/industry-new...
Valencia invests in metro and light rail www.mainspring.co.uk/industry-new...
Valencia invests in metro and light rail
www.mainspring.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Valencia invests in metro and light rail www.mainspring.co.uk/industry-new...
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Capital Rail Action Group prefer segregated route
Tramline extension - Capital Rail Action Group support Roseburn Path option
Tramline extension to the north and south is the subject of a consultation and one group explains why they support using the Roseburn Path
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Capital Rail Action Group prefer segregated route
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Callaghan Square trams by 2028
Details revealed of 'mammoth' Cardiff tramway project
Emily Price Further details have emerged of a “mammoth” new tramway in Cardiff which is expected to close a critical gap in the Welsh capital’s connectivity. The collaborative Crossrail scheme will s...
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November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Callaghan Square trams by 2028
We didn’t support a Congestion Charge in Cambridge in the form the GCP proposed, and the Oxford experience doesn’t persuade otherwise
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2561634...
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2561634...
Hotel guests ask for congestion charge 'refund'
Guests staying at a luxury hotel in Oxford city centre have been asking for the congestion charge to be refunded from their bills
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
We didn’t support a Congestion Charge in Cambridge in the form the GCP proposed, and the Oxford experience doesn’t persuade otherwise
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2561634...
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2561634...
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Trams return to København (Copenhagen) www.mainspring.co.uk/industry-new...
Trams return to København (Copenhagen)
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October 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Trams return to København (Copenhagen) www.mainspring.co.uk/industry-new...