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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge+Arc%22">"Oxford–Cambridge Arc"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge+Arc%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge+Arc%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge+Arc%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge+Arc%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge+Arc%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Notional arc 50 miles NW-NE of London</div> <p>The <b>Oxford–Cambridge Arc</b> (formerly the <b>Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford corridor</b>) is a notional arc of <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agricultural</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban</a> land at about 80 kilometres (50 miles) radius of <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, in south central <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. It runs between the British <a href="/wiki/College_town" title="College town">university cities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a> via <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a> and <a href="#Major_settlements">other settlements</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire" title="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire" title="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a> at the northern rim of the <a href="/wiki/London_commuter_belt" class="mw-redirect" title="London commuter belt">London commuter belt</a>. It is significant only in <a href="/wiki/Economic_geography" title="Economic geography">economic geography</a>, with little <a href="/wiki/Physical_geography" title="Physical geography">physical geography</a> in common. </p><p>The original Oxford to Cambridge (O2C) Arc initiative was launched in 2003 by three English <a href="/wiki/Regional_Development_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Development Agency">regional development agencies</a> (RDAs), <a href="/wiki/East_of_England_Development_Agency" title="East of England Development Agency">EEDA</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Development_Agency" title="East Midlands Development Agency">EMDA</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_East_England_Development_Agency" title="South East England Development Agency">SEEDA</a>. The aim of the initiative is to promote and accelerate the development of the unique set of educational, research and business assets and activities that characterise the area and in doing so, create an "arc of innovation and entrepreneurial activity that would, in time, be 'best in the field'".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attribution_needed" title="Wikipedia:Attribution needed"><span title="This sentence may contain perspectives and opinions without stating whose they are. (August 2022)">attribution needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In November 2017, a report for the <a href="/wiki/National_Infrastructure_Commission" title="National Infrastructure Commission">National Infrastructure Commission</a> (NIC) noted that, "in 2014, the Gross Value Added (GVA) of the "corridor" was £90.5bn (2011 prices); by doubling housebuilding rates in the area, and delivering <a href="/wiki/East_West_Rail" title="East West Rail">East West Rail</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Expressway" title="Oxford–Cambridge Expressway">Oxford–Cambridge Expressway</a>, this [would] increase by £163bn to a GVA of £250bn".<sup id="cite_ref-NIC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2021, the Government announced plans to develop the concept further,<sup id="cite_ref-framework_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-framework-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but cancelled the <a href="/wiki/Abingdon-on-Thames" title="Abingdon-on-Thames">Abingdon</a>–Milton Keynes link of the expressway in March 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-cancelled_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancelled-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of July 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, East West Rail development continues but the (then) Minister has suggested that the Bedford–Cambridge leg could be cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-EWR_doubt_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EWR_doubt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Industry">Industry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Arc is a major centre of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>'s <a href="/wiki/High_tech" title="High tech">high tech</a> manufacturing and research industries. It is serviced by four international airports (<a href="/wiki/Stansted_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Stansted Airport">Stansted</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport" title="Luton Airport">Luton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Airport" title="Birmingham Airport">Birmingham</a>), all located just outside the Arc itself. <a href="/wiki/Cranfield_Airport" title="Cranfield Airport">Cranfield Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Airport">Cambridge Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Oxford_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="London Oxford Airport">London Oxford Airport</a> take executive jets. Cambridge Airport is an important centre for aircraft maintenance. </p><p>Other major industries include agriculture, tourism, construction, entertainment, education, retail and finance. A high proportion of the population commutes daily to London. Commuting and business travel within the arc is relatively difficult in the absence of east–west infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-NIC_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future">Future</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, the <a href="/wiki/National_Infrastructure_Commission" title="National Infrastructure Commission">National Infrastructure Commission</a> projected that the Arc will become host to major hi-tech industrial developments and will need to provide one million new homes by 2050, with Milton Keynes alone doubling in population to 500,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Stage_3_Report_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stage_3_Report-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To facilitate this development (and wider national infrastructure needs for outer orbital routes around London), two major projects are underway or were planned. Work has begun to extend <a href="/wiki/East_West_Rail" title="East West Rail">East West Rail</a> from Bicester to the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bletchley_railway_station" title="Bletchley railway station">Bletchley</a> (Milton Keynes); onward extension to Cambridge is in detailed planning. Detailed route options planning began on the Oxford-Milton Keynes phase that is to complete the Oxford-Cambridge Expressway (linking the <a href="/wiki/A34_road" title="A34 road">A34</a> south of Oxford with the <a href="/wiki/A14_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A14 road">A14</a> near Cambridge). However, in March 2021, the government cancelled this phase of the Expressway (though construction of the remaining phase of the M11–A1–M1 element continues).<sup id="cite_ref-cancelled_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancelled-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2021, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government issued a policy paper setting out "the government's planned approach to developing the Oxford–Cambridge Arc Spatial Framework".<sup id="cite_ref-framework_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-framework-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The paper identifies the arc as an economic powerhouse with three significant issues that need to be resolved: the natural environment and climate change; connectivity and infrastructure; and the availability of homes where they are most needed.<sup id="cite_ref-framework_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-framework-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Universities">Universities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Arc has a major university sector with 20,000 workers as part of the knowledge economy: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Brookes_University" title="Oxford Brookes University">Oxford Brookes University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Buckingham University">Buckingham University</a>, The <a href="/wiki/Open_University" title="Open University">Open University</a> (HQ Milton Keynes), <a href="/wiki/Cranfield_University" title="Cranfield University">Cranfield University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Bedfordshire" title="University of Bedfordshire">University of Bedfordshire</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anglia_Ruskin_University" title="Anglia Ruskin University">Anglia Ruskin University</a> at Cambridge, and <a href="/wiki/Northampton_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Northampton University">Northampton University</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Arc is one of the most ethnically diverse regions of the UK. <a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a>, roughly central to the Arc and with a population of 100,000, is home to native speakers of over 100 languages, a figure which rivals London, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>. The Arc has the fastest growing population of any of the similar regions within the UK; several of the major towns and cities, most notably Bicester and Milton Keynes, are set to double in size over the coming few decades,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and others, such as Cambourne, have been built from scratch since the late 1990s. </p><p>Politically, the Arc is largely a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> stronghold, with only the urban constituencies returning <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a> or <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">MPs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/East_West_Rail" title="East West Rail">East West Rail</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Expressway" title="Oxford–Cambridge Expressway">Oxford–Cambridge Expressway</a></div> <p>The region is well served by major radial routes from London (the <a href="/wiki/M40_motorway" title="M40 motorway">M40</a>, <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a>, <a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1(M)</a> and <a href="/wiki/M11_motorway" title="M11 motorway">M11</a> motorways, and the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line" title="Midland Main Line">Midland Main Line</a> and the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Main_Line" title="East Coast Main Line">East Coast Main Line</a> railways). However, routes around the arc are poor, with a disjointed and overloaded road network.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a fragmentary railway line (remnants of the former <a href="/wiki/Varsity_Line" title="Varsity Line">Varsity Line</a>). </p><p>A twice-hourly express bus service, <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_bus_route_X5" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach bus route X5">route X5</a>, is operated by <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Group" title="Stagecoach Group">Stagecoach UK Buses</a> from Oxford as far as Bedford but, with a rural service providing the Bedford–Cambridge link, taking almost five hours to travel the 85 miles (137 km) between the university cities. </p><p>In November 2017, in its report on the Arc, the NIC called for the <a href="/wiki/East_West_Rail" title="East West Rail">railway line between Bicester and Bletchley</a> to be reopened by 2023 and a new route between Bedford and Cambridge to be operational by 2030, and for the development and construction of a new <a href="/wiki/Grade_separated" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade separated">grade separated</a> <a href="/wiki/Dual_carriageway" title="Dual carriageway">dual carriageway</a> between the M1 and Oxford by 2030, as part of a new Oxford–Cambridge Expressway.<sup id="cite_ref-NIC_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Expressway was cancelled in March 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-cancelled_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cancelled-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as of July 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, construction of East West Rail between Bicester and Bletchley (Milton Keynes) remains under construction with entry into operation scheduled for 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of July 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the route through Bedford to Cambridge is still in detailed planning but the Minister has cast doubt on whether earlier commitments will be honoured and construction proceed.<sup id="cite_ref-EWR_doubt_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EWR_doubt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_settlements">Major settlements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Major settlements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Oxfordshire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a> †‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidlington" title="Kidlington">Kidlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didcot" title="Didcot">Didcot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abingdon-on-Thames" title="Abingdon-on-Thames">Abingdon-on-Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bicester" title="Bicester">Bicester</a> †‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banbury" title="Banbury">Banbury</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Buckinghamshire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham" title="Buckingham">Buckingham</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a> †‡*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aylesbury" title="Aylesbury">Aylesbury</a> († via spur)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bedfordshire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ampthill" title="Ampthill">Ampthill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flitwick" title="Flitwick">Flitwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kempston" title="Kempston">Kempston</a> *</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a> †‡*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy,_Bedfordshire" title="Sandy, Bedfordshire">Sandy</a> (possibly † from <a href="/wiki/Tempsford_railway_station" title="Tempsford railway station">Tempsford</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggleswade" title="Biggleswade">Biggleswade</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cambridgeshire">Cambridgeshire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cambridgeshire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cambourne,_Cambridgeshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambourne, Cambridgeshire">Cambourne</a> †*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge" title="Cambridge">Cambridge</a> †*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdon" title="Huntingdon">Huntingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Ives,_Cambridgeshire" title="St Ives, Cambridgeshire">St Ives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Neots" title="St Neots">St Neots</a> * (possibly † from <a href="/wiki/Tempsford_railway_station" title="Tempsford railway station">Tempsford</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northamptonshire">Northamptonshire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Northamptonshire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brackley" title="Brackley">Brackley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corby" title="Corby">Corby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daventry" title="Daventry">Daventry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kettering" title="Kettering">Kettering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton" title="Northampton">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushden" title="Rushden">Rushden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellingborough" title="Wellingborough">Wellingborough</a></li></ul> <p>‡ Places served by X5 route. Since August 2020, the service terminates at Bedford. Passengers for Cambridge must transfer to a rural multi-stop service,<br /> † Places planned to be served by East West Rail. As of August 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, plans for Sandy/Tempsford/St Neots services via EWR have not been detailed.<br /> * Places planned to be served by the Oxford Cambridge Expressway. As of August 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the route (if ever) of an Expressway between the M1 and the A34 is undecided. Locations shown above with an asterisk are on the A421/A428 route, which is already expressway standard. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Varsity_Line" title="Varsity Line">Varsity Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Fen" title="Silicon Fen">Silicon Fen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Gateway" title="Thames Gateway">Thames Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M4_Corridor" class="mw-redirect" title="M4 Corridor">M4 Corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/England%27s_Economic_Heartland" title="England's Economic Heartland">England's Economic Heartland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As of February 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the proposed Oxford–Cambridge <a href="/wiki/East_West_Rail" title="East West Rail">East West Rail</a> service runs only between Oxford and Bicester. Of the proposed <a href="/wiki/Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Expressway" title="Oxford–Cambridge Expressway">Oxford–Cambridge Expressway</a>, the existing <a href="/wiki/A428_road" title="A428 road">A428 road</a> is expressway standard (<a href="/wiki/Grade_separated" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade separated">grade separated</a> <a href="/wiki/Dual_carriageway" title="Dual carriageway">dual carriageway</a>) only between Cambridge and the A1198; the next section to the <a href="/wiki/A1_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A1 road">A1</a> near <a href="/wiki/St_Neots" title="St Neots">St Neots</a> is a typical rural road. (On 18 February 2019, <a href="/wiki/Highways_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Highways England">Highways England</a> announced final route selection to replace the single-carriageway section from Caxton Gibbet to the A1, with construction to begin<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="Status should have changed (January 2022)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> in 2022).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The route resumes as an expressway between the A1 and the M1 at Junction 13. From there to the outskirts of Oxford, (as of February 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>), the route remains to be determined and may not go ahead.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The orbital route clockwise uses the <a href="/wiki/A34_road" title="A34 road">A34</a> between <a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4</a> J13 and <a href="/wiki/M40_motorway" title="M40 motorway">M40</a> J9 (causing significant environmental degradation at <a href="/wiki/Botley,_Oxfordshire" title="Botley, Oxfordshire">Botley</a>). The route eastwards across J9 continues to Bicester as the <a href="/wiki/A41_road" title="A41 road">A41</a> and in essence terminates there since the A41 diverts southeast to <a href="/wiki/Aylesbury" title="Aylesbury">Aylesbury</a>. Another route, the <a href="/wiki/A43_road" title="A43 road">A43</a>, leaves the M40 at J10 and heads northeast for Northampton. The <a href="/wiki/A421_road" title="A421 road">A421</a> (the nominal orbital route) leaves the A43 near <a href="/wiki/Croughton,_Northamptonshire" title="Croughton, Northamptonshire">Croughton</a> using a daisy-chain of mainly single carriageway roads with frequent roundabouts, passing through Buckingham and entering Milton Keynes. From here to the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a> at J13, the A421 is a dual carriageway and forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_grid_road_system" title="Milton Keynes grid road system">Milton Keynes grid road system</a> as the H8 Standing Way. From M1 J13 to the <a href="/wiki/A14_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A14 road">A14</a> at <a href="/wiki/Girton,_Cambridgeshire" title="Girton, Cambridgeshire">Girton</a> (Cambridge), it is an (almost complete) expressway route across the A1 to join the A14. 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East West Rail Alliance.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=EWR2+Project+Newsletter+%26ndash%3B%26%2332%3B+Spring+2022&rft.pub=East+West+Rail+Alliance&rft.date=2022-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fsway.office.com%2FpenYHIPAYvU8c7oc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOxford%E2%80%93Cambridge+Arc" class="Z3988"></span> (Winslow Station progress update)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oxford%E2%80%93Cambridge_Arc&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.eastwestcorridor.co.uk/">http://www.eastwestcorridor.co.uk/</a> (a website set up by regional law firm, Howes Percival, which collates and comments on information as developments happen across the corridor).</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.englandseconomicheartland.com/">England's Economic Heartland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Infrastructure_Commission" title="National Infrastructure Commission">National Infrastructure Commission</a>'s <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nic.org.uk/publications/national-infrastructure-commissions-interim-report-cambridge-milton-keynes-oxford-corridor/">interim report on the Cambridge—Milton Keynes—Oxford corridor</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oxford-to-cambridge-expressway-road-scheme-update">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oxford-to-cambridge-expressway-road-scheme-update</a></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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