HS2’s ‘Original Sins’. Up to £102bn cost. Slower speeds. Years late. What went wrong?

Additional Resources for this episode

• ORR Alliance Rail decision letter
• DfT HS2 Reset announcement on May 19
• HS2 cancellation cost advice letter from Mark Wild
• HS2 Lovegrove Review

HS2’s ‘Original Sins’. Up to £102bn cost. Slower speeds. Years late. What went wrong?

Avanti West Coast prepares to cut 38 daily weekday services for six weeks.

Bristol to Oxford direct services are restored!

And Artificial Intelligence is coming to the railway faster than ever…

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In this episode:
00:00 Intro
00:39 HS2’s ‘original sins’
20:02 Bristol-Oxford direct reinstated
26:00 Artificial Intelligence in rail
29:27 Railway News Round-Up
29:57 LNER Flying Scotsman service restored
30:36 TfW service improvements
31:28 Darlington station transformation
32:00 GBR livery applied to Class 387
33:50 GB Railfreight redundancies
34:57 Settle-Carlisle discounted tickets
36:14 Last relay from Siemens historic Chippenham site
49:07 Avanti West Coast cuts services
52:39 Lawrence Bowman interview teaser
57:10 Heritage Railway news round-up
57:16 Pocket Rocket sold to Strathspey Railway
58:19 Bridgnorth Cliff Railway wall dispute
59:30 Stockton & Darlington Railway plan restored
01:00:13 Greatest Gathering Legacy event
01:01:26 Four-coach teak carriages to the NYMR
01:02:04 Thanks to Supporters
01:03:16 The Quiz
01:06:59 Bridal party on a South Wales Metro