Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar
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With the Draft Rail Reform Bill published by the UK Government for scrutiny by the House of Commons Transport Committee, Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker discuss just what this says about the direction of travel after six years rail reform in Great Britain and ask whether any of the proposals will ever be implemented [01:30]. The centrepiece of this episode is Christian's interview with Jason Prince, recently-appointed Director of the Urban Transport Group, who sets out his organisation's agenda for delivering major improvements in sustainable transport across the UK's cities and towns [15:44]. Finally, Christian celebrates the rebranding of London's Overground rail network with individual names for lines reflecting the history and heritage of our capital city [42:03].
2/19 Competing visions of 'Great British Railways' from Labour and the Conservatives
2/18 John Major's rail privatisation helmsman torpedoes Conservatives' latest reforms
2/17 Are a fair deal for England's train drivers and fare-free public transport in London possible?
2/16 Promoting cycling mobility in London and social mobility in Britain's railways
2/14 Featuring Surrey's pioneering hydrogen buses and celebrating forgotten WW2 rail heroes
2/13 Should the next UK Government be aiming to complete more of HS2?
2/12 Scotland's transport strategy drives rail innovation, LNER's big ticket changes, tripping over e-bikes and possible HS2 resurrection
2/11 Welcoming 2024 with aviation safety, EV progress, bus headaches and New Year predictions
2/10 Happy 1st podcast birthday and Eurotunnel’s 30th but UK’s infrastructure chief isn’t happy at all
2/9 How close are we to guilt-free flying, a more perfect Union and prosperous railways?
2/8 May we see the bill please? Legal changes coming for autonomous vehicles and pedicabs but not railways
2/7 New transport laws, new job for a rail legend and a new airport shuttle
2/6 You turn if you want to - England spins booking office uey as USA throws robocar 180
2/5 The strange cases of disappearing flightpaths, bridge arches and bus shelters
2/4 Live from Liverpool! Our ’special’ on the big transport news from the Conservative and Labour Party conferences
2/3 Is the coming UK General Election the one (at last) to be dominated by transport?
2/2 Hands-free or speed-free on the roads plus awesome site visit (part 2) as HS2 again under scrutiny
2/1 Summer catch-up with awesome HS2 site visit (part 1), air traffic crisis, ULEZ and booking office rows
Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar, Episode 23
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