71. Is a Virgin Trains comeback on the West Coast Main Line about to be crushed?
Is a Virgin Trains comeback on the West Coast Main Lineabout to be crushed?And the Department for Transport strongly objects to a swarm of other open access applications in a letter to the Office of R...
13 Feb 20251h 3min
70. HS2’s incredible 4.5k tonne deck slide at Small Dean & semaphore signals in Shrewsbury
An HS2 construction update this week with the completion of an incredible 4,500 tonne deck slide for a viaduct at Small Dean in BuckinghamshireRichard takes a trip to see the wonderful semaphore signa...
6 Feb 20251h 1min
69. Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the speech of eternal ‘rubbish’
Has Chancellor Rachel Reeves given the economy the growth serum it needs, or is she on a planet looking increasingly like it’s far, far away?Great British Railways could have the ‘scale and impact’ of...
30 Jan 20251h 4min
“Government has made a BIG mistake” Rail Partners CEO Andy Bagnall interview
Rail Partners is a trade body that was set up to promote and focus on the interests of the private sector train operators, both passenger and freight, on the railway. But it has become a casualty of t...
28 Jan 202543min
68. Forget trains, roads are the way forward! Wait… what?!
Forget trains, roads are the way forward – or that seems to be the message from the National Infrastructure Commission’s Chairman Sir John Armitt CBE at a recent Transport Select Committee session.… N...
23 Jan 202555min
The new £5M railway being built in Wales – Bala Lake Railway extension (Snowdonia)
A brand new railway is being built in Wales. They have theland. They have the planning permission. Some of the ballast is even laid. All they need is the rest of the money to finish it and they can re...
21 Jan 202539min
Investigating railway accidents – Interview with RAIB Deputy Chief Inspector
Railway accidents and train crashes are investigated thoroughly to find out what caused them and how they can be prevented from happening again. We spoke to Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) ...
20 Jan 202523min
67. Is Virgin Trains making a comeback with a £500m train order to challenge Eurostar?
Is Virgin Trains about to make a comeback in the UK with a £500m train order to operate services through the Channel Tunnel to compete with Eurostar?Is passenger revenue now on the rise as well as pas...
16 Jan 202547min
