16. More train ticket booking confusion & is new plan for HS2 sunk already?
Why train ticket booking and rail fares in the UK are so confusing. With the help of fares expert The Man in Seat 61 Mark Smith, we demystify: LNER’s new Simpler Fares pilot The Great British Rail...
24 Jan 202454min
15. Harry Potter’s ‘Hogwarts Express’ off the rails & has Keir Starmer bottled it on HS2?
Has Harry Potter’s favourite train the ‘Hogwarts Express’ hit the buffers now that Jacobite steam train operator West Coast Railways has been derailed by the ORR? Has Labour leader Keir Starmer bottle...
17 Jan 202449min
14. Floods, HS2 land sale, Tube strikes & MORE misleading stats
It's been a week of severe weather disruption on the railway, news that HS2 land may not be sold before the next election, Tube strikes being called off, and the release of some disappointing train ca...
11 Jan 202440min
13. The Big Interview - Freight Expectations: Maggie Simpson & John Smith
The first of our new The Big Interview episodes, and we were so excited about it that we decided to invite two guests to join us! Director of the Rail Freight Group Maggie Simpson comes on to discus...
9 Jan 20241h 13min
12. Christmas chaos, cuts and Rishi's Acts of Railway Cruelty
The first of our new magazine-style episodes, where we focus on the big topical issues and what’s been happening on and around the railway over the festive period. Here’s what we delve into this time…...
3 Jan 202447min
11. Christmas Special - Listener questions!
Getting into the festive spirit this time with our Christmas Special! Richard Bowker and Nigel Harris answer the questions listeners and viewers have been sending in over the past couple of weeks - an...
20 Des 20231h 1min
10. Clapham remembered, Scotland Part 2, and chaos at Paddington
It’s another busy episode with plenty to talk about… and this time, we’ve gone ‘on location’ too! Richard Bowker reports from Siemens Mobility’s HQ in Chippenham, where he attended a very special eve...
14 Des 20231h 5min
Peter Townend - A life remembered (1925-2023)
In this special extra episode of Green Signals, we remember the life of rail elder statesman Peter Norman Townend who died on October 18th at the grand old age of 98. A railwayman whose career began ...
11 Des 202354min
