Open Access to Marchwood “Shoddy, Unevidenced and Factually Incorrect” – Yeowart slams ORR
Over 25 years since the UK’s first open access passenger rail service, and the subject still divides opinion. Those for point to services to…
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Why did the Government block train operators from buying cheaper fuel?!
Additional resources for this episode: Nene Valley Railway Resilence Fund Why did the Government block train operators from buying cheaper fuel?! Can HS2…
Building Freight Train wagons in the UK at W H Davis
Formed in 1908, WH Davis Ltd. has been based at Langwith Junction near Shirebrook its entire history and is today recognised as the UK’s…
HS2 planned to use tech that “hasn’t been invented yet”… Really?!
Additional resources for this episode: Railways Bill 2024-26: Progress of the bill Great Central Railway Stanford Viaduct appeal HS2 planned to use a…
Open Access to Marchwood “Shoddy, Unevidenced and Factually Incorrect” – Yeowart slams ORR
Over 25 years since the UK’s first open access passenger rail service, and the subject still divides opinion. Those for point to services to…
Running an integrated railway: South Western Railway MD Lawrence Bowman interview
On the morning of Sunday 25 May 2025, the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander MP boarded the first South Western Railway service…
Artificial Intelligence is coming to the railway: But what does it mean?
Artificial Intelligence is no longer science fiction. It’s increasingly science fact. And it’s coming to the railway whether we like it or not. GBRX…
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…
Fighting the Fight against flooding on Devon and Cornwall’s railways
There is considerable debate about the causes of, and future predictions for, climate change. But what is not in any doubt is that our…
Great Western Railway nationalisation date confirmed
Additional resources for this episode: RAIB report into Grantham South Junction overspeed incident HS2 CEO Mark Wild’s Project Update video Heidi Alexander’s March 2026…
Blackpool Trams – “This isn’t the end for heritage trams” says Blackpool Transport
It’s not the end of heritage trams in Blackpool! We ask Blackpool Transport what its plans are now that Tramtown has closed… Ending ‘Boom…
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