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Green Signals — 233 episodes
146. East Midlands Railway crisis – Unreliable trains trigger emergency timetable
Restoring the missing rail link in the Rother Valley
145. Will Andy Burnham splash the cash on rail?
I went behind the scenes on a luxury steam train holiday to the Alps!
144. Failure to electrify Britain’s railway is costing the UK £Billions!
143. Why does heat wreak havoc with the railway? And what can we do about it?
142. Bedford Train Crash Latest – What we know… And what we don’t.
Reunifying the Great Central - Europe’s only main line double track heritage railway
We ride a Class 70 to Boulby - Rare track, freight only, semaphore signals. Wow!
141. Is the Government’s Rail Reform failing? And how do we fix it?
Real people doing real engineering - at Wabtec UK
140. Government to cut Transport spend in favour of Defence?
139. Why did the Government block train operators from buying cheaper fuel?!
Building Freight Train wagons in the UK at W H Davis
138. HS2 planned to use tech that “hasn’t been invented yet”… Really?!
Open Access to Marchwood: “Shoddy, Unevidenced and Factually Incorrect” – Yeowart slams ORR
Running an integrated railway - South Western Railway MD Lawrence Bowman interview
Artificial Intelligence is coming to the railway - But what does it mean?
137. HS2’s ‘Original Sins’. Up to £102bn cost. Slower speeds. Years late. What went wrong?
Fighting the Fight against flooding on Devon and Cornwall’s railways
136. Great Western Railway nationalisation date confirmed
135. Blackpool Trams - “This isn’t the end for heritage trams” says Blackpool Transport
Sacked from DfT Operator! The exclusive full interview with Chris Gibb
The UK's Most Beautiful Railway? Settle & Carlisle Railway Celebrates 150 Years
134. Exclusive - Sacked from DfTO Chris Gibb interview
Inside a Railway Research Lab! We go behind the scenes at the University of Southampton
Reflections of a Rail Regulator - John Larkinson, outgoing CEO of the Office of Rail and Road
131. Integrated Transport Strategy – Wishy-Washy Waffle? Or Sensible, Solid, Strategy?
130. The Beeching Report turns 63. Controversial… But was he right?
OxRail 2040. Is rail in Oxfordshire about to be transformed?
129. Are High Speed 2 trains going to be a bit less ‘High Speed’?
Transpennine Route Upgrade – is this rail’s best kept secret?
Northern Powerhouse Rail – is it good value for money?
128. Remember Network North? An FOI request reveals more than you might think…
HS2’s final TBM starts tunnelling to Euston! And we go onboard….
Holding Government to account - In conversation with Ruth Cadbury MP
127. Is the £2bn HS2 train contract about to be rewritten?
126. New Tube trains for Piccadilly Line are delayed AGAIN!
The Railways Bill – Will it work?
125. £14 billion funding commitment for Welsh Railways! Except it isn’t
124. Government vs Great British Railways – Could there be trouble ahead?
Private Finance in Rail – Is it going to finally happen?
New Look CrossCountry Voyager: We attend the glitzy launch event!
123. New poll calls for fares cuts & new services… but is that the whole story?
Class 37 test running on HVO! With cab ride!
122. Blackpool Trams: Are we about to see the end of heritage trams in service?
Exclusive interview with Mark Phillips, CEO, Rail Safety and Standards Board RSSB
UK’s first battery only train enters service. We ride it!
Curzon 2: The Highest Viaduct on HS2!
121. Dawlish Sea Wall breached again - Is it time for an alternative route?
NEW (Nearly) Trains for Chiltern Railways!
GWR Boss answers the tough questions: Mark Hopwood CBE – Great Western Railway MD
Northern Powerhouse Rail - What could go wrong?
120. Northern Powerhouse Rail – Done deal? Or not?
Digital Train Ticket revolution: we try it!
119. Billwatch: Government comes out fighting on Railways Bill
118. New Rules on Railway Access = Bad News for Freight?
117. Do We Have A Leaderless Railway?
Cross Channel Rail – What works and what doesn’t?
116. Leeds Tram is delayed until end of 2030s!
115. Great British Railways has a new look… and we are NOT impressed
Railway Signalling: In days, not decades!
114. Does the Railways Bill signal trouble for freight? And GBR unveils a new livery
113. The Avanti West Coast 07h00 Ghost Train to London… nearly
How To Get the Cheapest Train Tickets – Complete Buyer’s Guide
112. Rail Fares Freeze Fiasco – Are there unintended consequences?
Government need to look in the mirror – they're the ones who screwed up! Interview - Olly Glover MP
111. Transport Secretary gives evidence to Transport Select Committee - but how does she score?
110. The Railways Bill is here… but what will it all mean?
Behind the Scenes on the Severn Valley Railway
109. LIVE From the RIA Conference with Former Rail Minister Huw Merriman
Virgin Trains is BACK! And ready to take on Eurostar…
108. Eurostar orders double-decker trains… but will we see them in the UK?
Demystifying the planning process of major projects... Is the UK’s system broken?
Transforming Rail in Wales – Transport for Wales boss gives exclusive interview
107. CAF is ‘blacklisted’ by the UN – but what does it mean for its UK contracts?
Running trains on the West Coast: Interview with Avanti West Coast MD Andy Mellors
106. 50% of Rail journeys now nationalised
105. £1m fine for GWR over droplight window death – what happened?
104. Nature vs Railways – have we got the balance with biodiversity wrong?
103. Northern Powerhouse Rail – The new HS2 for politicians to argue about?
Ellie Burrows: In the hot seat for the biggest East Coast timetable change in a decade!
Settle & Carlisle Railway Diversions On Test – and we’re on Board!
102. HS2’s ‘Green Tunnels’ – Great idea or huge waste of money?
Why Are UK Train Tickets SO Expensive?
NEW Tyne and Wear Metro Class 555s - inside Stadler's £70m depot
101. East Coast Main Line Timetable - Are fewer stops a good thing?!
100. Scotland scraps peak rail fares. Is England next?
99. Eurostar: The full (mind-blowing!) guide to Channel Tunnel competition
South Eastern Railway – Track and Train reunited at last: Interview with Steve White
98. ASLEF claims victory for train drivers over toilets… but is it a victory?
97. The Brighton Belle - take a tour inside! And Chiltern Railways NEW trains - or not?
96. Inside Yorkshire’s £250m train factory: Goole Rail Village
95. The Greatest Gathering preview! Green Signals heads to Derby…
94. Have bimode trains scuppered electrification of the rail network?
New Tube trains for the Piccadilly Line – inside the factory!
93. Midland Main Line electrification ‘paused’… But whose fault is it?
HS2 didn’t GO wrong. It STARTED wrong – James Stewart review interview
92. Virgin trains is denied a return to the WCML… and so is everyone else!
91. The Royal Train is decommissioned & Derailment causes travel chaos on WCML
Inside a Class 99 – The UK’s Most Powerful Locomotive
90. Are the Industrial Strategy & Infrastructure Strategy actually strategies? And what about rail?
Interview: LNER’s David Horne on running a railway in the public sector
89. Rail passenger numbers are up! But is there more behind the headlines?
88. £15.6BN For Transport Outside London! But Is It Just Political Spin?
87. On location: What’s next for the Northumberland Line?!
86. Rail Nationalisation has begun: Great British Railways is ‘coming soon’!
Lord Hendy: The EXCLUSIVE interview with the Rail Minister that you NEED to watch
85. A railway with no signals?! First commuter line runs on digital signals alone
84. An End to 'Boom & Bust' For Rail Suppliers? Hmm...
Deltic D9015 lives! Fired up on a behind-the-scenes trip to Barrow Hill Roundhouse
83. Will private rail operators cost the taxpayer £BILLIONS, even after renationalisation?
Let's play fantasy Great British Railways CEO... With Tim Shoveller EXCLUSIVE
82. No Great British Railways until 2027?! Heidi Alexander at Transport Select Committee
The Future of the North: Henri Murison on Devolution, HS2, Rail Reform & Levelling Up
81. EXCLUSIVE Is Gemini Trains the REAL Eurostar competitor?
The Pioneer of Open Access on the Railway – Ian Yeowart interview
Inside Northern Trains: COO Matt Rice on Fixing the North's Railway
80. Tornado - First Digitally Signalled Steam Locomotive on the Main Line!
75. How late are YOUR trains? Train performance data shown at stations
77. Thousands of rail jobs to be axed… including on HS2?
On track for £15M of track renewals on the Cambrian Line & The future of ‘Local Railways’
The killer you didn’t see coming… Shocking railway trespass near misses
79. Will HS2 trains cause a ‘sonic boom’ effect? AND Exclusive Rail Minister interview
78. £415 million for rail in the North… or government spin?
A NEW Liverpool to Manchester railway
76. Virgin Trains comes out fighting for open access rights
74. Flying Scotsman DOES have a main line future & HS2 damning PAC report
Could some heritage railways be heading for the brink? HRA CEO Steve Oates interview
73. Railway structures: Has Network Rail got a grip?
72. Has the government finally got something right?! Railways Bill Consultation analysis
HS2: What will it be like for passengers? West Coast Partnership Development interview
How to celebrate Railway 200 in 2025
71. Is a Virgin Trains comeback on the West Coast Main Line about to be crushed?
70. HS2’s incredible 4.5k tonne deck slide at Small Dean & semaphore signals in Shrewsbury
69. Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the speech of eternal ‘rubbish’
“Government has made a BIG mistake” Rail Partners CEO Andy Bagnall interview
68. Forget trains, roads are the way forward! Wait… what?!
The new £5M railway being built in Wales – Bala Lake Railway extension (Snowdonia)
Investigating railway accidents – Interview with RAIB Deputy Chief Inspector
67. Is Virgin Trains making a comeback with a £500m train order to challenge Eurostar?
South Wales Metro – the transformational Welsh answer to the Tube!
66. Is Northern Powerhouse Rail dead? And levelling up with it?
65. Railways in 2025: HS2, Great British Railways, performance & more
A Life in Transport: Buses, trains and trams - Roger Bowker
64. Northumberland Line opens! & Bowker dissects Rail Minister's TSC performance
63. £500m Hitachi Rail new trains deal for Lumo – but is it in conflict with renationalisation?
GO-OP: Can a community cooperative run a railway?
62. Heritage railways face ‘existential threat’ & New Transport Secretary takes the helm
Shock as Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigns. More chaos for the railway?
61. Storm Bert rail disruption & Network Rail and SWR tackle leaf fall
Naming a locomotive: The story of GB Railfreight 66312 Nigel Harris
60. Great British Railways: Will it really take 2 years to create? & Northern performance plan
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway!
59. HS2’s £100 million ‘bat shed’ – the real story & Jacobite steam train vs ORR again!
58. Wales train crash new evidence & what is going on at Northern Rail?
LIVE from the RIA annual conference in London - 7th November 2024 with special guest Chris Green
Electrification, battery trains, third rail – Finding solutions for South Western Railway’s network
57. Wales train crash RAIB investigation initial findings & Euston station progress?
LIVE: AUTUMN BUDGET 2024 - What's in it for railways?
Cancelling HS2 Phase 2 was “so illogical” – Former HS2 Chairman Sir David Higgins Big Interview
Autumn Budget 2024: What does the rail industry want to see?
56. HS2 SPECIAL: Is Phase 2a back on? And Louise Haigh launches review of HS2 Phase 1
Exclusive! Alstom Derby Litchurch Lane visit & MD Nick Crossfield interview
Wales train crash: What we know so far
55. Northern Rail 16-25 Railcard misunderstanding & Rail leaders support HS2 Phase 2 alternative
Freightliner CEO – ‘Tomorrow is too late. Get it done today’. Tim Shoveller Big Interview
54. £1bn South Western Railway train fleet delayed by windscreen wipers? & GWR Fast Charge Battery Train
Behind the scenes at Locomotive Services Ltd in Crewe
53. Why can't we build major infrastructure in the UK?
New ORR Chief Inspector Richard Hines | The Big Interview
52. Jacobite steam train saga latest & RAIB answers YOUR Flying Scotsman crash questions
51. The 'It's not HS2' plan & Jacobite steam train SPAD
50. Flying Scotsman crash report & HS2: Britain’s longest railway viaduct visit
49. Euston station safety row: What happened? & Shadow Great British Railways is launched
48. HS2 Phase 2 revival? & Behind the scenes on New Measurement Train
47. Train strikes: Just when we thought it was over… & HS2 construction update
Green Signals After Hours: Raw & Uncut | Ep 46
46. UK's most exciting railway project? & CrossCountry trains cancelled
45. HS2: Should we just cancel it now?!
44. HS2 £2BN write-off! Reversing Beeching cancelled & Royal Mail train alternative
43. Glenfinnan viaduct: Jacobite steam train route repairs & HS2 Old Oak Common station progress
42. Frightening level crossing CCTV! Flying Scotsman at Locomotion & ScotRail cuts 600 services
41. Royal Mail trains to run no more, inside the Severn Tunnel & priorities for new Government
40. 75,000 Unlawful train fare prosecutions & UK's final coal train runs
Andy Byford EXTRAORDINARY interview! Elizabeth Line, New York MTA, Toronto transit & Amtrak
39. Does Locomotive Services Ltd plan to rival the Jacobite steam train? We ask LSL's MD!
38. GENERAL ELECTION 2024: The Rail and Transport Promises
The Big Interview: Is Open Access good for the railway? YES! says Lumo & Hull Trains MD Martijn Gilbert
37. Flying Scotsman news, Jacobite steam trains to have CDL? & Open Access with Lumo trains
36. Building trains with Hitachi Rail, Avanti West Coast Evero & Levenmouth rail link opens!
35. Turbo Pendolinos for HS2? Is a directing mind required & why Tornado cost £1m to overhaul
34. Hitachi’s battery Class 802, General Election 2024 & Virgin Trains comeback?
33. HS2 WILL go to Euston & Jacobite steam train controversy intensifies
32. Transport promises: How Mayors plan to spend YOUR money!
31. Top 5 Rail 'Nationalisation' Myths Busted!
The Big Interview - Rail Minister Huw Merriman: We ask him the questions you are all asking!
30. TRAINS vs PLANES – which is cheaper, greener & faster?
Labour’s Plan to Fix Britain’s Railways – key points & first impressions
The Big Interview – The Inside Story: Government and Railways – Sir Philip Rutnam
29. Time for British Rail 2.0? & Jacobite steam train fails
28. Jacobite steam train stand-off & last chance to save Alstom Derby
The Big Interview - Alstom Derby one minute to midnight - MD Nick Crossfield
27. TRAINS: the end for UK manufacturing? Alstom begins Derby factory mothballing
26. Jacobite steam train ‘Hogwarts Express’ cancelled & Mayors unveil HS2 alternative
25. Department for Transport good news… (finally!) & Heritage railways under threat
24. Budget 2024 analysis for rail, NAO slaps DfT, which decides to reorganise...
23. Are train tickets too expensive? Train fares increase 4.9%
22. Is Local Transport Fund really levelling up? And the surprising human factor we don't talk about
The Big Interview - Rail Reform: Why this time it's different! With Network Rail Boss Andrew Haines
21. Labour vs Tories on railways & is there any point to Rail Reform Bill?
20. 'Reversing Beeching': Anything achieved?
The Railway Explained: Weather resilience, climate change & lineside trees
19. Government scores 0/10 on HS2 & Labour eyes rail nationalisation
18. The Big Interview - Train strikes: Finding the truth behind the headlines - with ASLEF boss Mick Whelan
17: When ministers can’t agree… & the simpler fares that aren’t!
16. More train ticket booking confusion & is new plan for HS2 sunk already?
15. Harry Potter’s ‘Hogwarts Express’ off the rails & has Keir Starmer bottled it on HS2?
14. Floods, HS2 land sale, Tube strikes & MORE misleading stats
13. The Big Interview - Freight Expectations: Maggie Simpson & John Smith
12. Christmas chaos, cuts and Rishi's Acts of Railway Cruelty
11. Christmas Special - Listener questions!
10. Clapham remembered, Scotland Part 2, and chaos at Paddington
Peter Townend - A life remembered (1925-2023)
9. Scotland: Are they showing us the way?
8. Strikes, Skills & Suitcases
7. Lord Peter Hendy: Railway 200 & how the railway made the modern world
6. Why scrapping HS2's 36 miles from Birmingham to Crewe is utter madness!
5. How to run a railway in the era of micro-management
4. DfT's Humiliation and the great ticket office U Turn
3. How the West Coast was won 20 years ago....and why it might not work again!
2. HS2 - the top 10 myths debunked!
Welcome to Green Signals, a beginners guide to Blackburn & Burnley, and what on earth were the Government thinking cancelling HS2!