The Podcast

Has Chancellor Rachel Reeves given the economy the growth serum it needs, or is she on a planet looking increasingly like it’s far, far…

Additional Resources for this episode Forget trains, roads are the way forward – or that seems to be the message from the National Infrastructure…

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

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

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

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…

Additional Resources for this Episode A £500 million Hitachi Rail train deal for Lumo & Hull Trains. But is this in direct conflict with…

Additional Resources for this episode Heritage railways face an existential threat as Autumn Budget tax changes will cost some more than £200,000 a year!…

Additional Resources for this episode Storm Bert wreaks havoc across the railway with heavy flooding and high winds causing major disruption for trains. Richard…

Great British Railways – Will it really take 2 years to create? We discuss Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh’s appearance at the…