The Big Interview - Rail Minister Huw Merriman: We ask him the questions you are all asking!
We meet Rail Minister Huw Merriman in his private office at the Department for Transport to ask as many of the big questions people have about our railways as we could. We cover: HS2 - the decision ...
30 Apr 20241h 7min
30. TRAINS vs PLANES – which is cheaper, greener & faster?
Trains vs planes – why taking the train can be up to 80% cheaper than flying and 17 times greener, according to new research published by the Rail Delivery Group. We examine the findings in detail… an...
26 Apr 202444min
Labour’s Plan to Fix Britain’s Railways – key points & first impressions
Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has announced Labour’s Plan to Fix Britain’s Railways (Getting Britain Moving) – Richard and Nigel give their first impressions of the plan and pull ou...
25 Apr 202430min
The Big Interview – The Inside Story: Government and Railways – Sir Philip Rutnam
The inner workings of the Department for Transport and Government finances are revealed in this fascinating interview with former Permanent Secretary of both the Department for Transport and the Home ...
23 Apr 20241h 5min
29. Time for British Rail 2.0? & Jacobite steam train fails
The Jacobite steam train fails on its first run of the season from Fort William to Mallaig, stopping near Glenfinnan viaduct… and it had Mk 1 carriages on the train. Alstom Derby and the Government a...
18 Apr 202457min
28. Jacobite steam train stand-off & last chance to save Alstom Derby
The latest updates on both the Jacobite steam train stand-off with ORR and the campaign to save Alstom Derby’s UK train manufacturing facility. We’re not beyond the point of no return to save Alstom’...
12 Apr 202456min
The Big Interview - Alstom Derby one minute to midnight - MD Nick Crossfield
Nick Crossfield, Managing Director of Alstom's UK and Ireland business discusses the background to the desperate situation at the Alstom Derby UK manufacturing train building factory, where closure th...
9 Apr 202432min
27. TRAINS: the end for UK manufacturing? Alstom begins Derby factory mothballing
Are 147 years of UK manufacturing of trains about to come to an end in Derby as Alstom begins the process of mothballing its facility there? The Jacobite steam train dispute between West Coast Railway...
4 Apr 202449min
