Green Signals
By Green Signals Productions
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Description
Green Signals is a show about railways - its politics, its economics, its people and history. We turn over the issues of the day and talk to the people making the decisions that affect all our lives. We also dig into many of the amazing events in the history of an industry that spans nearly 200 years. Nigel Harris (former Managing Editor and Events Director of the leading industry and opinion forming magazine RAIL) and Richard Bowker (former Chair & CEO of the Strategic Rail Authority) steer the show to make it sometimes controversial, frequently irreverent - but always topical and relevant.
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Railway Signalling: In days, not decades!
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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114. Does the Railways Bill signal trouble for freight? And GBR unveils a new livery
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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113. The Avanti West Coast 07h00 Ghost Train to London… nearly
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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How To Get the Cheapest Train Tickets – Complete Buyer’s Guide
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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112. Rail Fares Freeze Fiasco – Are there unintended consequences?
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Government need to look in the mirror – they're the ones who screwed up! Interview - Olly Glover MP
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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111. Transport Secretary gives evidence to Transport Select Committee - but how does she score?
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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110. The Railways Bill is here… but what will it all mean?
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Behind the Scenes on the Severn Valley Railway
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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109. LIVE From the RIA Conference with Former Rail Minister Huw Merriman
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Virgin Trains is BACK! And ready to take on Eurostar…
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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108. Eurostar orders double-decker trains… but will we see them in the UK?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Demystifying the planning process of major projects... Is the UK’s system broken?
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Transforming Rail in Wales – Transport for Wales boss gives exclusive interview
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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107. CAF is ‘blacklisted’ by the UN – but what does it mean for its UK contracts?
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Running trains on the West Coast: Interview with Avanti West Coast MD Andy Mellors
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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106. 50% of Rail journeys now nationalised
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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105. £1m fine for GWR over droplight window death – what happened?
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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104. Nature vs Railways – have we got the balance with biodiversity wrong?
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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103. Northern Powerhouse Rail – The new HS2 for politicians to argue about?
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Ellie Burrows: In the hot seat for the biggest East Coast timetable change in a decade!
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Settle & Carlisle Railway Diversions On Test – and we’re on Board!
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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102. HS2’s ‘Green Tunnels’ – Great idea or huge waste of money?
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Why Are UK Train Tickets SO Expensive?
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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NEW Tyne and Wear Metro Class 555s - inside Stadler's £70m depot
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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101. East Coast Main Line Timetable - Are fewer stops a good thing?!
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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100. Scotland scraps peak rail fares. Is England next?
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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99. Eurostar: The full (mind-blowing!) guide to Channel Tunnel competition
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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South Eastern Railway – Track and Train reunited at last: Interview with Steve White
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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98. ASLEF claims victory for train drivers over toilets… but is it a victory?
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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97. The Brighton Belle - take a tour inside! And Chiltern Railways NEW trains - or not?
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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96. Inside Yorkshire’s £250m train factory: Goole Rail Village
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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95. The Greatest Gathering preview! Green Signals heads to Derby…
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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94. Have bimode trains scuppered electrification of the rail network?
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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New Tube trains for the Piccadilly Line – inside the factory!
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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93. Midland Main Line electrification ‘paused’… But whose fault is it?
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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HS2 didn’t GO wrong. It STARTED wrong – James Stewart review interview
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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92. Virgin trains is denied a return to the WCML… and so is everyone else!
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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91. The Royal Train is decommissioned & Derailment causes travel chaos on WCML
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Inside a Class 99 – The UK’s Most Powerful Locomotive
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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90. Are the Industrial Strategy & Infrastructure Strategy actually strategies? And what about rail?
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Interview: LNER’s David Horne on running a railway in the public sector
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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89. Rail passenger numbers are up! But is there more behind the headlines?
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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88. £15.6BN For Transport Outside London! But Is It Just Political Spin?
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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87. On location: What’s next for the Northumberland Line?!
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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86. Rail Nationalisation has begun: Great British Railways is ‘coming soon’!
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May 29, 2025 |
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Lord Hendy: The EXCLUSIVE interview with the Rail Minister that you NEED to watch
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May 27, 2025 |
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85. A railway with no signals?! First commuter line runs on digital signals alone
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May 22, 2025 |
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84. An End to 'Boom & Bust' For Rail Suppliers? Hmm...
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May 15, 2025 |
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Deltic D9015 lives! Fired up on a behind-the-scenes trip to Barrow Hill Roundhouse
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May 13, 2025 |
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83. Will private rail operators cost the taxpayer £BILLIONS, even after renationalisation?
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May 08, 2025 |
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Let's play fantasy Great British Railways CEO... With Tim Shoveller EXCLUSIVE
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May 06, 2025 |
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82. No Great British Railways until 2027?! Heidi Alexander at Transport Select Committee
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May 01, 2025 |
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The Future of the North: Henri Murison on Devolution, HS2, Rail Reform & Levelling Up
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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81. EXCLUSIVE Is Gemini Trains the REAL Eurostar competitor?
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The Pioneer of Open Access on the Railway – Ian Yeowart interview
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Inside Northern Trains: COO Matt Rice on Fixing the North's Railway
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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80. Tornado - First Digitally Signalled Steam Locomotive on the Main Line!
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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75. How late are YOUR trains? Train performance data shown at stations
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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77. Thousands of rail jobs to be axed… including on HS2?
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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On track for £15M of track renewals on the Cambrian Line & The future of ‘Local Railways’
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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The killer you didn’t see coming… Shocking railway trespass near misses
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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79. Will HS2 trains cause a ‘sonic boom’ effect? AND Exclusive Rail Minister interview
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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78. £415 million for rail in the North… or government spin?
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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A NEW Liverpool to Manchester railway
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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76. Virgin Trains comes out fighting for open access rights
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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74. Flying Scotsman DOES have a main line future & HS2 damning PAC report
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Could some heritage railways be heading for the brink? HRA CEO Steve Oates interview
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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73. Railway structures: Has Network Rail got a grip?
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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72. Has the government finally got something right?! Railways Bill Consultation analysis
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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HS2: What will it be like for passengers? West Coast Partnership Development interview
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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How to celebrate Railway 200 in 2025
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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71. Is a Virgin Trains comeback on the West Coast Main Line about to be crushed?
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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70. HS2’s incredible 4.5k tonne deck slide at Small Dean & semaphore signals in Shrewsbury
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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69. Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the speech of eternal ‘rubbish’
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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“Government has made a BIG mistake” Rail Partners CEO Andy Bagnall interview
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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68. Forget trains, roads are the way forward! Wait… what?!
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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The new £5M railway being built in Wales – Bala Lake Railway extension (Snowdonia)
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Investigating railway accidents – Interview with RAIB Deputy Chief Inspector
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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67. Is Virgin Trains making a comeback with a £500m train order to challenge Eurostar?
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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South Wales Metro – the transformational Welsh answer to the Tube!
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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66. Is Northern Powerhouse Rail dead? And levelling up with it?
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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65. Railways in 2025: HS2, Great British Railways, performance & more
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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A Life in Transport: Buses, trains and trams - Roger Bowker
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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64. Northumberland Line opens! & Bowker dissects Rail Minister's TSC performance
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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63. £500m Hitachi Rail new trains deal for Lumo – but is it in conflict with renationalisation?
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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GO-OP: Can a community cooperative run a railway?
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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62. Heritage railways face ‘existential threat’ & New Transport Secretary takes the helm
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Shock as Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigns. More chaos for the railway?
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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61. Storm Bert rail disruption & Network Rail and SWR tackle leaf fall
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Naming a locomotive: The story of GB Railfreight 66312 Nigel Harris
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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60. Great British Railways: Will it really take 2 years to create? & Northern performance plan
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway!
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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59. HS2’s £100 million ‘bat shed’ – the real story & Jacobite steam train vs ORR again!
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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58. Wales train crash new evidence & what is going on at Northern Rail?
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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LIVE from the RIA annual conference in London - 7th November 2024 with special guest Chris Green
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Electrification, battery trains, third rail – Finding solutions for South Western Railway’s network
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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57. Wales train crash RAIB investigation initial findings & Euston station progress?
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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LIVE: AUTUMN BUDGET 2024 - What's in it for railways?
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Cancelling HS2 Phase 2 was “so illogical” – Former HS2 Chairman Sir David Higgins Big Interview
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Autumn Budget 2024: What does the rail industry want to see?
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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56. HS2 SPECIAL: Is Phase 2a back on? And Louise Haigh launches review of HS2 Phase 1
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Exclusive! Alstom Derby Litchurch Lane visit & MD Nick Crossfield interview
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Wales train crash: What we know so far
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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55. Northern Rail 16-25 Railcard misunderstanding & Rail leaders support HS2 Phase 2 alternative
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Freightliner CEO – ‘Tomorrow is too late. Get it done today’. Tim Shoveller Big Interview
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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54. £1bn South Western Railway train fleet delayed by windscreen wipers? & GWR Fast Charge Battery Train
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Behind the scenes at Locomotive Services Ltd in Crewe
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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53. Why can't we build major infrastructure in the UK?
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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New ORR Chief Inspector Richard Hines | The Big Interview
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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52. Jacobite steam train saga latest & RAIB answers YOUR Flying Scotsman crash questions
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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51. The 'It's not HS2' plan & Jacobite steam train SPAD
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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50. Flying Scotsman crash report & HS2: Britain’s longest railway viaduct visit
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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49. Euston station safety row: What happened? & Shadow Great British Railways is launched
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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48. HS2 Phase 2 revival? & Behind the scenes on New Measurement Train
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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47. Train strikes: Just when we thought it was over… & HS2 construction update
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Green Signals After Hours: Raw & Uncut | Ep 46
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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46. UK's most exciting railway project? & CrossCountry trains cancelled
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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45. HS2: Should we just cancel it now?!
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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44. HS2 £2BN write-off! Reversing Beeching cancelled & Royal Mail train alternative
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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43. Glenfinnan viaduct: Jacobite steam train route repairs & HS2 Old Oak Common station progress
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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42. Frightening level crossing CCTV! Flying Scotsman at Locomotion & ScotRail cuts 600 services
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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41. Royal Mail trains to run no more, inside the Severn Tunnel & priorities for new Government
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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40. 75,000 Unlawful train fare prosecutions & UK's final coal train runs
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Andy Byford EXTRAORDINARY interview! Elizabeth Line, New York MTA, Toronto transit & Amtrak
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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39. Does Locomotive Services Ltd plan to rival the Jacobite steam train? We ask LSL's MD!
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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38. GENERAL ELECTION 2024: The Rail and Transport Promises
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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The Big Interview: Is Open Access good for the railway? YES! says Lumo & Hull Trains MD Martijn Gilbert
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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37. Flying Scotsman news, Jacobite steam trains to have CDL? & Open Access with Lumo trains
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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36. Building trains with Hitachi Rail, Avanti West Coast Evero & Levenmouth rail link opens!
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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35. Turbo Pendolinos for HS2? Is a directing mind required & why Tornado cost £1m to overhaul
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May 30, 2024 |
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34. Hitachi’s battery Class 802, General Election 2024 & Virgin Trains comeback?
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May 24, 2024 |
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33. HS2 WILL go to Euston & Jacobite steam train controversy intensifies
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May 16, 2024 |
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32. Transport promises: How Mayors plan to spend YOUR money!
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May 09, 2024 |
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31. Top 5 Rail 'Nationalisation' Myths Busted!
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May 02, 2024 |
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The Big Interview - Rail Minister Huw Merriman: We ask him the questions you are all asking!
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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30. TRAINS vs PLANES – which is cheaper, greener & faster?
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Labour’s Plan to Fix Britain’s Railways – key points & first impressions
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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The Big Interview – The Inside Story: Government and Railways – Sir Philip Rutnam
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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29. Time for British Rail 2.0? & Jacobite steam train fails
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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28. Jacobite steam train stand-off & last chance to save Alstom Derby
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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The Big Interview - Alstom Derby one minute to midnight - MD Nick Crossfield
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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27. TRAINS: the end for UK manufacturing? Alstom begins Derby factory mothballing
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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26. Jacobite steam train ‘Hogwarts Express’ cancelled & Mayors unveil HS2 alternative
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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25. Department for Transport good news… (finally!) & Heritage railways under threat
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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24. Budget 2024 analysis for rail, NAO slaps DfT, which decides to reorganise...
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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23. Are train tickets too expensive? Train fares increase 4.9%
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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22. Is Local Transport Fund really levelling up? And the surprising human factor we don't talk about
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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The Big Interview - Rail Reform: Why this time it's different! With Network Rail Boss Andrew Haines
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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21. Labour vs Tories on railways & is there any point to Rail Reform Bill?
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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20. 'Reversing Beeching': Anything achieved?
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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The Railway Explained: Weather resilience, climate change & lineside trees
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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19. Government scores 0/10 on HS2 & Labour eyes rail nationalisation
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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18. The Big Interview - Train strikes: Finding the truth behind the headlines - with ASLEF boss Mick Whelan
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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17: When ministers can’t agree… & the simpler fares that aren’t!
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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16. More train ticket booking confusion & is new plan for HS2 sunk already?
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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15. Harry Potter’s ‘Hogwarts Express’ off the rails & has Keir Starmer bottled it on HS2?
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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14. Floods, HS2 land sale, Tube strikes & MORE misleading stats
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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13. The Big Interview - Freight Expectations: Maggie Simpson & John Smith
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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12. Christmas chaos, cuts and Rishi's Acts of Railway Cruelty
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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11. Christmas Special - Listener questions!
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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10. Clapham remembered, Scotland Part 2, and chaos at Paddington
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Peter Townend - A life remembered (1925-2023)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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9. Scotland: Are they showing us the way?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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8. Strikes, Skills & Suitcases
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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7. Lord Peter Hendy: Railway 200 & how the railway made the modern world
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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6. Why scrapping HS2's 36 miles from Birmingham to Crewe is utter madness!
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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5. How to run a railway in the era of micro-management
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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4. DfT's Humiliation and the great ticket office U Turn
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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3. How the West Coast was won 20 years ago....and why it might not work again!
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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2. HS2 - the top 10 myths debunked!
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Welcome to Green Signals, a beginners guide to Blackburn & Burnley, and what on earth were the Government thinking cancelling HS2!
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Oct 10, 2023 |