New Rules on Railway Access = Bad News for Freight?

Additional Resources for this episode:

Network Rail’s Access and Use Policy discussion paper

New rules on access to the railway are coming… and it could be bad news for freight

Trenitalia gets serious about competing with Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel

A further 30 stations in the South East get contactless ticketing. But some commentators are pretty angry….

In this episode:

00:48 Railway access rules incoming…
27:09 Trenitalia get serious about Eurostar
33:51 Cheadle station delays
41:43 TfL expands contactless ticketing
45:10 King’s New Years Honours for rail staff
47:03 Thanks to Supporters
48:56 Railways News Round-up
49:00 Avanti West Coast S&C shuttles
52:39 Calls for additional capacity on Northumberland Line
55:51 Proposal to reopen Bangor to Afon Wen railway
58:09 Nottingham trams CEO comments
59:48 Shap derailment Pendolino back in traffic
01:01:03 The Quiz
01:04:42 Shout-out to GWR staff member