139. Why did the Government block train operators from buying cheaper fuel?!
Why did the Government block train operators from buying cheaper fuel?!Can HS2 trains be tested on HS1, or not?And… the Jacobite steam train returns! But NOT with Mark 1 carriages.**Link to download t...
4 Juni 1h
Building Freight Train wagons in the UK at W H Davis
Formed in 1908, WH Davis Ltd. has been based at Langwith Junction near Shirebrook its entire history and is today recognised as the UK’s last remaining independent rail wagon manufacturer.I’ve come to...
2 Juni 23min
138. HS2 planned to use tech that “hasn’t been invented yet”… Really?!
HS2 planned to use a technology that “hasn’t been inventedyet”… Really?GBR’s livery begins rolling out on trains, but what happens next?And now Thameslink is following Avanti West Coast’s exampleand c...
28 Maj 1h 5min
Open Access to Marchwood: “Shoddy, Unevidenced and Factually Incorrect” – Yeowart slams ORR
Over 25 years since the UK’s first open access passenger rail service, and the subject still divides opinion. Those for point to services to communities that had been forgotten, competition driving do...
27 Maj 27min
Running an integrated railway - South Western Railway MD Lawrence Bowman interview
On the morning of Sunday 25 May, the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander MP boarded the first South Western Railway service to depart London Waterloo. The company’s new Managing Director...
26 Maj 36min
Artificial Intelligence is coming to the railway - But what does it mean?
Artificial Intelligence is no longer science fiction. It’s increasingly science fact. And it’s coming to the railway whether we like it or not. GBRX has created the AI Industry Action Plan to show how...
22 Maj 21min
137. HS2’s ‘Original Sins’. Up to £102bn cost. Slower speeds. Years late. What went wrong?
HS2’s ‘Original Sins’. Up to £102bn cost. Slower speeds.Years late. What went wrong?Avanti West Coast prepares to cut 38 daily weekday servicesfor six weeks.Bristol to Oxford direct services are resto...
21 Maj 1h 10min
Fighting the Fight against flooding on Devon and Cornwall’s railways
There is considerable debate about the causes of, and future predictions for, climate change. But what is not in any doubt is that our weather has become more unpredictable and extreme. The South West...
18 Maj 30min
