East Midlands Railway crisis – Unreliable trains trigger emergency timetable

East Midlands Railway is in crisis. Unreliable trains trigger a short-notice emergency timetable.

Andy Burnham becomes PM – what does it mean for rail and devolution?

And RAIB releases its initial findings into the fatal level crossing collision at Hoghton in Lancashire.

In this episode:

00:00 Intro

00:29 EMR emergency timetable

21:35 Andy Burnham and devolution

34:04 Manchester buses follow-up

38:48 Railway News round-up

38:53 GBR West Midlands launch

39:42 Gemini Trains announces London to Koln plans

41:25 Glasgow Central fully reopens

42:40 Canadian railway wildfire

44:13 SWR receives Defence ERS Gold Award

45:26 £33.4m ticket gate plan

46:49 Hoghton level crossing collision update

49:08 ORR revenue abstraction report

56:09 Thanks to supporters

57:14 North Norfolk Railway video teaser

59:07 Heritage Railway News round-up

59:10 N2 returns to NNR service

01:00:04 Hagley Hall incident at the Severn Valley Railway

01:04:24 Signal box up for auction

01:05:13 The Quiz

01:07:42 Glasgow subway car becomes podcast studio!