96. Inside Yorkshire’s £250m train factory: Goole Rail Village
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
95. The Greatest Gathering preview! Green Signals heads to Derby…
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 Juli 202552min
94. Have bimode trains scuppered electrification of the rail network?
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 Juli 20251h 3min
New Tube trains for the Piccadilly Line – inside the factory!
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 Juli 202510min
93. Midland Main Line electrification ‘paused’… But whose fault is it?
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 Juli 20251h 4min
HS2 didn’t GO wrong. It STARTED wrong – James Stewart review interview
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 Juli 202558min
92. Virgin trains is denied a return to the WCML… and so is everyone else!
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 Juli 202554min
91. The Royal Train is decommissioned & Derailment causes travel chaos on WCML
The Royal Train is to be decommissioned by 2027 bringing toan end to getting on for 200 years of association.A derailment at Bletchley and a fallen tree near Beattockcause days of travel chaos on the ...
3 Juli 202558min
