‘People can see it – but can’t use it’: mystery of completed East-West Rail line that has no passenger trains

T he rumbling noise in the night, still enough to waken the unhabituated, is what really goads some people living in Winslow, Buckinghamshire . Freight trains running through the new station since late 2024 prove this stretch of railway is operational. But the long-promised passenger services have yet to appear – and there is no sign of any arriving soon. Welcome to East West Rail, open or not. …