59. HS2’s £100 million ‘bat shed’ – the real story & Jacobite steam train vs ORR again!
Green Signals15 Nov 2024

59. HS2’s £100 million ‘bat shed’ – the real story & Jacobite steam train vs ORR again!

HS2’s £100 million ‘bat shed’… and the real story behind it. Why Natural England have taken issue with HS2 Chairman Sir Jon Thompson’s discussion at the Railway Industry Association annual conference of a bat mitigation tunnel in Buckinghamshire to protect Bechstein’s bat.

Jacobite steam train - is West Coast Railways considering another Judicial Review over central door locking in its dispute with the Office of Rail and Road over the operation of Mk 1s carriages.

And… Rail Minister Lord Hendy apologises for the tone of his letter to SYSTRA about engineer Gareth Dennis

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro (01:07) HS2’s £100m bat shed (25:06) Lord Hendy speaks at RIA conference (34:42) Ecclesbourne Valley Railway video teaser (37:26) West Coast Railways considers taking ORR back to court (42:38) Thanks to Super Thanks and Members (44:25) Railway News Round Up (44:28) Intercity Battery Train Trial success (45:46) Unhelpful Help Points at stations (47:16) Transport Secretary review into fare evasion (50:24) The Quiz (53:12) Northumberland Line – reusing redundant equipment

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