Manchester power outage – is the railway vulnerable?
24 hours of north west rail chaos following a power cut. Do mega signalling centres put too many eggs in too few baskets? East…
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Home of the UK's leading railway podcast. A show about railway politics, economics, people and history. We turn over the issues of the day and talk to the people making the decisions that affect all our lives...
24 hours of north west rail chaos following a power cut. Do mega signalling centres put too many eggs in too few baskets? East…
It is one thing carrying out track renewals on the railway when it is being done away from urban centres. But when it is…
ScotRail’s ticket app fiasco which is sending a powerful warning to GBR West Coast Railways is handed an Improvement Notice by the ORR over…
It’s almost 30 years since Deltic No D9015 Tulyar turned a wheel in passenger service. But thanks to the remarkable efforts of the Deltic…
Additional resources for this episode: Vale of Berkeley Railway / Sharpness branch ticketing website The boss of troubled East Midlands Railway leaves with immediate…
24 hours of north west rail chaos following a power cut. Do mega signalling centres put too many eggs in too few baskets? East…
Over 25 years since the UK’s first open access passenger rail service, and the subject still divides opinion. Those for point to services to…
It’s almost 30 years since Deltic No D9015 Tulyar turned a wheel in passenger service. But thanks to the remarkable efforts of the Deltic…
It is one thing carrying out track renewals on the railway when it is being done away from urban centres. But when it is…
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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.
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.
Stef is a former Acting Editor of RAIL magazine. She spent 16 years on RAIL, working her way up from Editorial & Production Assistant in 2007, to Deputy Editor in 2020, and finally Acting Editor in 2023. In between that time, she held a variety of roles across events management, production management, and editorial.