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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…

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Episode 27

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…

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Episode 26

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…

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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…

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Episode 25

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,…

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Episode 24

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…

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Episode 23

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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LUXURY TRAIN JOURNEY on the GWR Pullman restaurant on rails!

A real luxury train journey on the Great Western Railway GWR Pullman dining service from London Paddington to Plymouth. Richard and brother Paul go…

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Episode 22

Is Local Transport Fund really levelling up & surprising human factor we don’t talk about

Local leaders are to receive £4.7 billion to transform transport in the North and Midlands through the Local Transport Fund – money that has…

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Rail Reform: Why this time it’s different! With Network Rail Boss Andrew Haines | The Big Interview

Network Rail Chief Executive Andrew Haines joins us to talk all things draft Rail Reform Bill. If you’ve been left with all sorts of…

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