Green Signals

The Brighton Belle – We visit the iconic train that will soon return to the main lineChiltern Railways new trains – or are they? We ask Managing Director Richard AllanAnd Richard speculates about the ...

14 Aug 202556min

Following on from our recent Piccadilly Line Tube Trainvideo, this week we go behind the scenes at Siemens’ Goole Rail Village in Yorkshire to see everything that is going on there.The Government has ...

7 Aug 20251h 2min

It’s the week of Alstom’s The Greatest Gathering Railway 200celebration in Derby – we preview what’s coming up this weekend.West of England Main Line trains will not be stopping atCrewkerne until furt...

31 Jul 202552min

Have bimode trains scuppered our chances of ever electrifying the UK rail network? The latest Transport Select Committeesuggests they just might…The Secretary of State updates Parliament on HS2 – are ...

24 Jul 20251h 3min

New trains are being built for the London Underground’s Piccadilly Line – the very first deep Tube trains that will have air conditioning and walk-through carriages. We visited the Siemens train manuf...

22 Jul 202510min

Government commits to 50 road and rail projects… or does it?Midland Mainline Electrification is ‘paused’. But whose fault is it?And the Severn Valley Railway pulls off a miracle to reopen just 6 month...

17 Jul 20251h 4min

James Stewart, author of the recent review into HS2 and theDfT’s approach to major projects speaks to Richard in this fascinating interview.Here’s the background to James’s review as set out by the Go...

15 Jul 202558min

Virgin Trains is denied a return to the West Coast Main Line…but in a big shock - along with everyone elseHS1 is judged poor value for money – but have all the benefits been accounted for?And an Avant...

10 Jul 202554min