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60. Great British Railways: Will it really take 2 years to create? & Northern performance plan


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Great British Railways - Will it really take 2 years to create? We discuss Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh’s appearance at the Transport Select Committee and her comments on the creation of GBR.

Is Northern Rail performance about to improve, or is there still a long road ahead? A deal is done on Rest Day Working for conductors, but many challenges remain.

£26bn – that’s what rail’s value to the economy, environment and society has been valued at in a new report from the Rail Delivery Group – we find out how it could be worth so much more…

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro

(01:05) Great British Railways and Louise Haigh at the TSC
(27:40) Northern Rail cancellations latest
(41:53) Rail Delivery Group report Beyond the Tracks: Rail’s contribution to the UK
(54:11) Clip from upcoming story of a locomotive naming video
(57:33) Follow up on the HS2 ‘bat shed’ story
(1:01:18) Thanks to Super Thanks and Members
(1:02:44) Railway News Round-Up
(1:02:49) Go-Op trains granted open access rights
(1:04:16) The Britannic Explorer launches
(1:06:22) Alstom’s X’trapolis train unveiled for Dublin DART+ fleet
(01:07:33) GTS Rail Operations new Elizabeth Line operator
(01:08:05) First Stadler Class 756 FLIRT tri-mode for South Wales Metro
(01:09:40) The Quiz
(01:13:02) Bure Valley Railway new Clayton Equipment battery electric locomotive

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