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Cambridge East Station: A Toxic Pandora's Box

The proposed site for a new Cambridge East railway station poses a real and worrying threat to public health.   The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CPRE, says the land, once used as an industrial and domestic waste landfill, contains a number of dangerous “forever” chemicals. 

The station is proposed to serve the new East West Rail (EWR) link. CPRE’s Ian…


Busway update - Public Inquiry delayed for Busway

A message from The Better Busways team

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a further delay for the public inquiry for the busway. Although the date has not been announced it is likely to be held this summer.

Better Ways for Busways

Many of…


WWT Welney Wetland Centre accessible by public transport thanks to a grant from Greater Anglia’s Customer and Community Improvement Fund

People can now access WWT Welney Wetland Centre near Littleport, by public transport thanks to a grant from…


National CPRE responds to the Transport Committee’s rural buses report

The Transport Committee’s report makes clear that, without dedicated support in government policy for rural bus networks, ‘historic disparities in funding and service provision will persist’. 

Along with the committee, CPRE calls on the government to support rural bus services with a guaranteed service level and a rural weighting in its revised Bus Service Improvement Plan funding formula.…


Cambridge to Cambourne Busway: Public Enquiry date set

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a public inquiry into the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s new busway, travel hub and path for walkers and cyclists linking Cambourne to Cambridge. The public inquiry will take place from 15 September 2025.

More details on the public inquiry and how to attend or view online, will be published on the independent