The Department for Transport finally publishes the Rail

Nigel reviews the annual George Bradshaw address which saw

Avanti West Coast are in the national news again thanks

And Richard has been in the firing line over his comments on

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Richard talks about his visit to Wales & Borders with Nick Millington MBE, Route Director at Network Rail and finds out about lagoons, climate models and vegetation control. In particular Richard is amazed at the complex multi-agency approach to securing ecology licences and concludes, perhaps controversially, that it's time to let Network Rail self certify. After all, they can do it with safety critical matters so why not when it comes to clearing dying or dead Ash trees?

Richard Bowker visits Network Rail's Wales and Western region to spend the day with Route Director Nick Millington MBE.

Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s scrapping of HS2 Phase 2A, HS2 is branded ‘very poor value for money’ by the Public Accounts Committee…

And... is Labour about to unveil its plans for its own vision of rail nationalisation, and is it back to the bad old days of curly

Train strikes have hit the headlines frequently over the past three years as an increasingly bitter dispute between train drivers’ union ASLEF and the government and train operating companies continues.

Ministers seem unable to agree, either on transport decisions – or more embarrassingly – with each other at a Conservative Home conference.

What is going on with LNER fares and ticketing? It’s now clear that its Simpler Fares trial is turning out to be anything but simple…

Will HS2 now reduce capacity to Manchester? And is the wider

Plus, a new Green Signals feature – positive and GOOD news

Why train ticket booking and rail fares in the UK are so confusing. With the help of fares expert The Man in Seat 61 Mark Smith, we

We also cover:

Has Harry Potter’s favourite train the ‘Hogwarts Express’ hit the buffers now that Jacobite steam train operator West Coast Railways has been derailed by the ORR?

Has Labour leader Keir Starmer bottled it on HS2?

Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper responds to Richard’s letter on HS2… except that he doesn’t…

And ASLEF announces yet more strikes. But are they working, and is it time to really ‘take the gloves off’?

It's been a week of severe weather disruption on the railway, news that HS2 land may not be sold before the next election, Tube strikes being called off, and the release of some disappointing train cancellation stats.

The first of our new The Big Interview episodes, and we were so excited about it that we decided to invite two guests to join us!