Charity says building East West Rail line through farmland is 'a crime against the countryside'

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More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice A number of concerns have been raised over plans to build a railway line over nature-rich farmland in Cambridgeshire . The Countryside Regeneration Trust (CRT), who own Lark Rise Farm near Comberton, described it as "a crime against the countryside". The preferred route for the £5 billion railway line was announced in May 2023.

It hopes to connect the UK's two major university cities, Oxford and Cambridge, and provide fa.