Students given chance to propose their plans to Transport Minister

摘要

Teams of students from across London have presented Transport Minister Derek Twigg MP and Douglas Oakervee OBE, Chairman of Cross London Rail Links Ltd (CLRL), with their plans for a hypothetical London to Cambridge railway. The event, which took place on Wednesday 14 June at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in London, was the climax of an innovative five workshop series called 'Parliament in Action', designed to engage young people with the political process and encourage creative thinking within their National Curriculum studies. It was organised by CLRL, as part of its Young Crossrail education programme, along with London Gifted and Talented, the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, and the Parliamentary Education Unit. CLRL is the company tasked with developing Crossrail, a new railway from Maidenhead and Heathrow to Shenfield and Abbey Wood, under the centre of London. London Gifted & Talented is a Government-backed initiative that supports gifted and talented students and their teachers, and in particular, under-achieving and disadvantaged students. The students were set the task of planning the legislation to allow a hypothetical new railway to be built between London and Cambridge, one of the most overcrowded routes on Britain's rail network.