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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Another fantastic episode of the must-listen-to rail podcast Green Signals
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Every politician of every party should be forced to listen/read
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I find podcasts a great way to catch up on events or analyse current trends... Green Signals is one of the best I've come across.
Podcasts
The Inside Story: Government and Railways – Sir Philip Rutnam | The Big Interview
The inner workings of the Department for Transport and Government finances are revealed in this fascinating interview with former Permanent Secretary of both the…
Time for British Rail 2.0? & Jacobite steam train fails
The Jacobite steam train fails on its first run of the season from Fort William to Mallaig, stopping near Glenfinnan viaduct… and it had…
Jacobite steam train stand-off & last chance to save Alstom Derby
Latest updates on both the Jacobite steam train stand-off with ORR and the campaign to save Alstom Derby’s UK train manufacturing facility. We’re not…
Alstom Derby one minute to midnight – MD Nick Crossfield | The Big Interview
Nick Crossfield, Managing Director of Alstom’s UK and Ireland business discusses the background to the desperate situation at the Alstom Derby UK manufacturing train…
TRAINS: the end for UK manufacturing? Alstom begins Derby factory mothballing
Are 147 years of UK manufacturing of trains about to come to an end in Derby as Alstom begins the process of mothballing its…
Jacobite steam train ‘Hogwarts Express’ cancelled & Mayors unveil HS2 alternative
West Coast Railway Company stops sales of Jacobite steam train tickets – the famous Harry Potter Hogwarts Express route across Glenfinnan Viaduct, amid another…
Ffestiniog Railway Gravity Train– ride the engineless slate train!
The Ffestiniog Railway Gravity Train is one of the most exciting trains you can travel on, anywhere in the world. In their heyday, 80-wagon…
Department for Transport good news… (finally!) & Heritage railways under threat
The Department for Transport appoints Scotland’s Railway Managing Director Alex Hynes as its new Director General of the Rail Infrastructure and Service Delivery Group,…
Budget 2024 analysis for rail, NAO slaps DfT, which decides to reorganise…
We examine what the railway got from last week’s budget with a bit of Budget 2024 analysis… spoiler alert – nothing that hasn’t already…
Are train tickets too expensive? Train fares increase 4.9%
Train tickets just got more expensive… Rail fares go up by 4.9% sparking fury amongst passenger groups. Has the time come to reconsider the…
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