Rail Fares Freeze Fiasco – Are there unintended consequences?

Rail fares are frozen for 2026! But is it wise and could there be unwanted consequences?

No passenger trains for East West Rail until 2026 – more than a year after it became operational. We ask what’s going on?

And we see the future of track worker protection demonstrated, as the use of “Lookouts” comes to an end on the mainline railway.

In this episode:
00:00 Intro
00:35 Rail fares freeze for 2026
13:21 East West Rail: No trains until 2026
22:07 An end to lookout working
36:07 Thanks to Supporters
40:00 Railway News Round-up
40:04 One bashed bridge costs £50k
41:10 CrossCountry RMT strike action
42:58 No new trains for rural north of Scotland
45:00 CAF legal action over Translink procurement
46:28 Robot dog detects freight train defects in Lithuania
48:45 The Quiz
51:32 Accrington station adoption group