Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast

3/8 Reeves on planes, trains and automobiles plus family-friendly and more competitive rail travel


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Christian and Mark analyse the speech from UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves MP and her proposals on London Heathrow Airport, the Lower Thames Crossing and East West Railway [1:42].  Christian interviews Abi Taylor and Joe Thomas on the campaign for family-friendly trains in Great Britain [17:38] and Steve Montgomery, Managing Director of First Rail, on his company's ambitions to run more open access services [34:35].  In his final thought, Christian asks what sort of competitive landscape is being created for selling train tickets [44:59].

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