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Episode 32

Transport promises: How Mayors plan to spend YOUR money!

What the Metro Mayors want to spend YOUR money on – we delve into some of the transport promises in winning Mayoral manifestos and…

Episode 31

Top 5 Rail ‘Nationalisation’ Myths Busted!

Our Top 5 myths of rail ‘nationalisation’ based on the reaction to Labour’s plans for the railway if it wins the next General Election….

Episode 30

TRAINS vs PLANES – which is cheaper, greener & faster?

Trains vs planes – why taking the train can be up to 80% cheaper than flying and 17 times greener, according to new research…

Episode 29

Time for British Rail 2.0? & Jacobite steam train fails

The Jacobite steam train fails on its first run of the season from Fort William to Mallaig, stopping near Glenfinnan viaduct… and it had…

Episode 28

Jacobite steam train stand-off & last chance to save Alstom Derby

Latest updates on both the Jacobite steam train stand-off with ORR and the campaign to save Alstom Derby’s UK train manufacturing facility. We’re not…

Episode 27

TRAINS: the end for UK manufacturing? Alstom begins Derby factory mothballing

Are 147 years of UK manufacturing of trains about to come to an end in Derby as Alstom begins the process of mothballing its…

Episode 26

Jacobite steam train ‘Hogwarts Express’ cancelled & Mayors unveil HS2 alternative

West Coast Railway Company stops sales of Jacobite steam train tickets – the famous Harry Potter Hogwarts Express route across Glenfinnan Viaduct, amid another…

Episode 25

Department for Transport good news… (finally!) & Heritage railways under threat

The Department for Transport appoints Scotland’s Railway Managing Director Alex Hynes as its new Director General of the Rail Infrastructure and Service Delivery Group,…

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The former Managing Editor and Events Director of RAIL magazine which he built up into Britain’s market-leading industry magazine and which became a key opinion former in the sector read by senior Politicians and industry leaders.

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The former Chair and CEO of the Strategic Rail Authority as well as Chair of Virgin Rail Group, Group CEO of National Express and CEO of Etihad Rail in the UAE. A lifelong railwayman with a passion for analysis and debate.

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