Failure to electrify Britain’s railway is costing the UK £Billions!

Additional resources for this episode:

• Campaign to Electrify Britain’s Railway Diesel Report
• RIA letter to the Chancellor regarding the Railways Bill
• Pulling with Purpose: The Steam Locomotive Challenge donation page
• Nala the Stevenage cat bronze memorial statue donation page

Failure to electrify Britain’s railway is costing the UK billions of pounds

How Network Rail is coping with the heat – we speak to NR’s Deputy CEO Jake Kelly

And an HS2 tunnel extension in Bromford is judged not to have had the correct planning permission…

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In this episode:

00:00 Intro

00:34 Electrification

25:34 HS2’s Bromford Tunnel

29:58 Railway News round-up

30:02 Concerns over Railways Bill wording

31:59 CAF opens Manchester maintenance depot

32:42 New Scottish railway control hub

34:03 HS2 worker injured at Coleshill

35:06 WCML delayed by… cows

36:07 How Network Rail is coping with the heat

46:03 Alpine Belle video teaser

49:38 Heritage news round-up

49:42 Furka Pass 100^th anniversary

50:58 Pulling with Purpose: The Steam Locomotive Challenge

52:08 REPTA donates £15k to Barclay No. 2068

52:52 Mallard inspires football kit

53:53 Thanks to supporters

55:21 The Quiz

57:44 Nala the station cat to receive statue