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Episode 67

Is Virgin Trains making a comeback with a £500m train order to challenge Eurostar?

Is Virgin Trains about to make a comeback in the UK with a £500m train order to operate services through the Channel Tunnel to…

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Episode 66

Is Northern Powerhouse Rail dead? And levelling up with it?

Is Northern Powerhouse Rail dead? And levelling up with it…? Has the Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander signalled the beginning of the…

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Episode 65

Railways in 2025: HS2, Great British Railways, performance & more

What does 2025 have in store for the railway? We first take a look back at the big stories of 2024, before looking forward…

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Episode 64

Northumberland Line opens! & Bowker dissects Rail Minister’s TSC performance

Additional Resources for this Episode The Northumberland Line opens to passengers from Newcastle to Ashington after 60 years. The Isle of Wight’s Island Line…

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Nigel-Harris

Meet Nigel

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.

Meet Richard

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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Stef Foster

Meet Stef

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.