Northumberland Line opens! & Bowker dissects Rail Minister’s TSC performance

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The Northumberland Line opens to passengers from Newcastle to Ashington after 60 years.

The Isle of Wight’s Island Line major engineering reaches the halfway point.

And… Rail Minister Lord Hendy makes his first appearance at the Transport Select Committee.

Bit of a different episode this week with Nigel in the UK and Richard in Abu Dhabi! So a shorter show, but still full of the all the latest railway news to keep you in the loop before the festive season gets underway.

In this episode:

00:00 Intro
01:42 Northumberland Line opens
04:37 Rail Minister Lord Hendy at the Transport Select Committee
17:29 Thanks to Super Thanks and New Members
18:50 Island Line major milestone
27:25 Railway News Round Up
27:29 Chancellor Rachel Reeves on HS2 Phase 2
28:14 Lorry crashes onto the railway near Gretna
28:49 Bus crashes into railway bridge in Glasgow
29:30 Elizabeth Line worker dies following attack
30:19 Yarm Viaduct strengthening work nearly complete
31:45 The Quiz