Transport Committee
4 November 2026
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Transport Committee House of Commons
Follow its sittings00:02 - 00:37
Speaker 6
Order. Welcome to this morning's evidence session. It's a one-off evidence session on delivery of the East West Rail programme. We'll be hosting two panels today. During our first panel, we're examining why passenger services are not yet operating on the completed first section of the line between Oxford and Milton Keynes, and our second panel will turn our attention to the delivery of the remainder of the line through Cambridge.
So, through to Cambridge, I mean. So could I ask our first panel of witnesses to introduce themselves? Eddie.
00:37 - 00:41
Speaker 3
I'm Eddie Dempsey, General Secretary of the RMT union.
00:41 - 00:44
Speaker 4
I'm Dave Calfe, and I'm the General Secretary of ASLEF, the train drivers' union.
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