108. Eurostar orders double-decker trains… but will we see them in the UK?
Eurostar orders double-decker trains – but will we see anyof them in the UK?The reopening of the Cowley branch in Oxford in announced…but is everything quite as it seems?And HS2’s link from Delta Junc...
30 Okt 202556min
Demystifying the planning process of major projects... Is the UK’s system broken?
The Planning Act 2008 was designed to seriously improve (and speed up) the process for securing consent for major projects – by establishing something called a Nationally Significant Infrastructure pr...
29 Okt 202551min
Transforming Rail in Wales – Transport for Wales boss gives exclusive interview
It is not that many years ago that the train operator in Wales was working to a franchise agreement that many criticised as ‘no growth’. Whether that was entirely fair or not, there was no doubt that ...
28 Okt 202539min
107. CAF is ‘blacklisted’ by the UN – but what does it mean for its UK contracts?
Spanish train builder CAF is blacklisted by the UN… but what does that mean for its contracts in the UK?We preview an interview with Transport for Wales’s James Price – and explain the Barnett Formula...
23 Okt 202549min
Running trains on the West Coast: Interview with Avanti West Coast MD Andy Mellors
Andy Mellors is a career railwayman with a successful careerin railway engineering and other senior leadership positions. In March 2023 he took on his biggest challenge to date –Managing Director of ...
21 Okt 202537min
106. 50% of Rail journeys now nationalised
Greater Anglia is renationalised… and the Transport Secretary makes some curious commentsChiltern Railways launches its Mk 5a sets in a striking new liveryAnd there are developments on cross-Channel E...
16 Okt 202549min
105. £1m fine for GWR over droplight window death – what happened?
Great Western Railway is fined £1 million over a fatal droplight window incident in 2018 – we ask what the implications are for other parts of the networkAnd Rail Minister Lord Hendy demands that rail...
9 Okt 202546min
104. Nature vs Railways – have we got the balance with biodiversity wrong?
Railways and vegetation, bats, dormice – and biodiversity in general – don’t always mix well. Are we getting the balance wrong?The railway celebrates its 200th anniversary in style!And Rail Minister L...
2 Okt 20251h 9min
