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Episode 147
East Midlands Railway boss ‘steps down’ amid growing crisis – What now?
Episode Overview
Additional resources for this episode:
The boss of troubled East Midlands Railway leaves with immediate effect – so what happens now?
Will third-party ticket retailers face unfair competition when GBR launches its own retail platform?
And we speak to AllRail who represent independent rail operators as to why they think open access strengthens the railway, despite claims they abstract revenue.
In this episode:
00:00 Intro
00:39 EMR boss steps down
12:37 Third-party ticket competition
26:00 Railcard sales initiative
34:26 Railway News round-up
34:29 Paignton railway station arson
35:45 Botley Road reopening delayed
37:09 Portishead railway reopening work under way
38:17 Trams for Bristol?
39:49 West Midlands strikes off
40:50 Greater Anglia weather disruption
42:28 Hoghton crossing collision clarification
43:44 AllRail open access interview
49:04 Thanks to supporters
50:32 Heritage Railway News round-up
50:36 Severn Valley Railway Birmingham to Bewdley services
54:00 Swindon & Cricklade Railway thefts
54:59 Isle of Man horse tram tracks extension
56:23 Deltic No. 9015 Tulyar to return to traffic
57:33 Vale of Berkeley Line return
59:08 The Quiz
01:03:11 Northern hands out fish and chips
Correct Quiz answers:
| Origin Station Terminus | Final Destination Through Station | Intermediate Terminus Station | 2nd Intermediate Terminus Station |
| Blackpool North | York | Bradford Interchange | |
| Heysham Harbour | Lancaster | Morecambe | |
| Scarborough | Sheffield | Hull | |
| Scarborough | York | Hull | |
| Hull | Halifax | Bradford Interchange | |
| London Kings Cross | Beverley | Hull | |
| Brighton | Chichester | Littlehampton | |
| Brighton | Hastings | Eastbourne | |
| Brighton | Orr | Eastbourne | |
| London Victoria | Hastings | Eastbourne | |
| London Victoria | Orr | Eastbourne | |
| Fishguard Harbour | Manchester Piccadilly | Carmarthen | Swansea |
| Milford Haven | Cardiff Central | Carmarthen | Swansea |
| Milford Haven | Manchester Piccadilly | Carmarthen | Swansea |
| Pembroke Dock | Cardiff Central | Carmarthen | Swansea |
| Lowestoft | Cambridge | Norwich | |
| Norwich | Beccles | Lowestoft | |
| Walton-On-The-Naze | Colchester | Colchester Town | |
| Not Correct (mainly because either the original terminus or the intermediate terminus was once a through station) | |||
| Origin Station Terminus | Final Destination Through Station | Intermediate Terminus Station | Notes |
| Whitby | Middlesbrough | Battersby | Battersby once a through station |
| Whitby | Newcastle | Battersby | Battersby once a through station |
| Hadfield | Manchester Piccadilly | Glossop | Hadfield once a through station |
| Carmarthen | Bristol Parkway | Swansea | Camarthen once a through station |
| Gunnislake | Plymouth | Bere Alston | Gunnislake and Bere Alston both once through stations |
| Looe | Liskeard | Coombe Junction Halt | Coombe Junction once a through station |
| Marlow | Maidenhead | Bourne End | Bourne End once a through station |
| Fishguard Harbour | Cardiff Central | Carmarthen | Camarthen once a through station |
| Norwich | Sheringham | Cromer | Sheringham is not now a through station for services |
