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- Running the world’s largest integrated transport system – in conversation with Andy Lord
It’s the biggest integrated transport undertaking in the world. So it follows that running it and being accountable for its day-to day operation, is one of the biggest jobs in world transport.
For Andy Lord, Commissioner of Transport for London (and Commissioner means Group CEO), it’s clearly a privilege and a job he relishes despite all the challenges it throws up. From the world famous and iconic London Underground, the much-loved red buses, the DLR, the Overground, the Trams, even the cable car plus the hundreds of kms of cycling superhighways, the job is as varied as the transport modes for which he is ultimately responsible.
In this wide-ranging interview, we talk to Andy about his background in aviation, his love of all things London Transport and some of the tricky decisions he must take on a regular basis. Plus, we look to the future and speculate a little on what changes may be on the horizon.
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51 min - 131. Integrated Transport Strategy – Wishy-Washy Waffle? Or Sensible, Solid, Strategy?
A new Integrated Transport Strategy is launched, but is it all wishy-washy waffle, or a sensible, solid, strategy?
We preview an interview with Transport for London Commissioner Andy Lord
And, we have news of our very own upcoming event in June!
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In this episode:
(00:00) Intro
(00:41) Integrated Transport Strategy
(24:16) Beeching Report debate last week
(28:18) Our next Jolly is launched!
(32:15) Andy Lord interview preview
(36:25) Minsters Line reopening proposal
(39:54) Thanks to supporters
(41:28) Railway News Round-up
(41:31) More carriages for the Northumberland Line?
(43:12) GBRf Class 66 is named Preston North End
(45:10) MWA-C box wagons launched
(46:07) Lickey Bank record
(49:02) GWR overnight services to Gatwick Airport
(50:19) The Quiz
(55:00) Salthouse Fields miniature railway
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57 min - 130. The Beeching Report turns 63. Controversial… But was he right?
The Beeching Report turns 63… We ask the controversialquestion: Was Beeching unfairly and unreasonably criticised?
We learn more about how the Railways Bill will affectScotland and Wales
And Richard heads to the West Somerset Railway to celebrateits 50th anniversary
In this episode:
(00:00) Intro
(00:51) Beeching Report turns 63
(15:32) Railways Bill devolved nations MOUs
(21:28) 1Timetable interview
(39:30) West Somerset Railway 50th anniversary
(48:57) Railway news round-up
(49:01) Middlesbrough station upgrade costs
(50:43) Bedlington station opens
(52:26) Core Valley Lines are 100% electrified
(53:32) 200 staff transfer from DfT to DfTO
(55:55) Quantum navigation technologies
(57:54) John Smith OBE steps down from GBRf
(59:54) Strathspey Railway $3 million donation
(01:01:17) The Quiz
(01:05:16) TransPennine Express driver runs 190miles for charity
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1 hr 10 min - OxRail 2040. Is rail in Oxfordshire about to be transformed?
Oxfordshire is a one of the UK’s regional powerhouse economies. Furthermore, Rail is big business in Oxfordshire. In 2024/25, the estimated total entries and exits at Oxfordshire stations was some 19.6 million, a 17% increase from the previous year. It’s not quite at pre-pandemic levels but the growth is strong.
The OxRail 2040 strategy was widely consulted on during September 2025 and now forms the bedrock of Oxfordshire’s Plan for rail. But is it targeted, considered interventions or blue sky wish list thinking? In February 2026 , Green Signals went to find out more as well as visit the first real manifestation of the plan, the planned reopening of the Cowley branch.
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21 min - 129. Are High Speed 2 trains going to be a bit less ‘High Speed’?
Are High Speed 2 trains about to get a little bit less ‘high speed’?
Glasgow Central reopens and Network Rail make the most of its partial closure to catch up on maintenance
And we speak to Liam Johnston MBE from the Railway Mission about their important work
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In this episode:
(00:00) Intro
(01:38) HS2 train speed
(22:29) Glasgow Central station reopens
(26:24) OxRail 2040 video teaser
(30:34) Railway Mission interview
(40:46) Thanks to Supporters
(42:26) Railway News Round-up
(42:30) Network Rail employee struck by train
(43:10) Secretary of State provides HS2 update
(44:51) End of 2028 stop for Scottish HSTs
(47:14) Dumfries to Stranraer reopening scheme
(49:24) Delay repay to become easier
(50:29) Car abandoned on railway line
(53:00) The Quiz
(56:13) Helston Railway Society buys Cober viaduct
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1 hr 1 min - Transpennine Route Upgrade – is this rail’s best kept secret?
There’s a revolution underway on the railways in the north, and no, it’s not Northern Powerhouse Rail, but rather something that will provide the bedrock to anything that NPR may become. Its name? The Transpennine route between Manchester, Leeds and York.
We don’t hear too much about the Transpennine Route Upgrade outside of the Manchester – Leeds – York corridor although that may be because it’s on time and on budget. But it’s no less impressive for that – at £11 billion, this multiphase project will transform passenger and freight traffic across the Pennines for decades to come.
Over the past few months, Green Signals has been following the project and visiting the area to find out more. And what we’ve found is impressive. Really impressive.
There’s still more to do and the project team are under no illusion about that but here’s out first major update on the remarkable project that is the Transpennine Route Upgrade.
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29 min - Northern Powerhouse Rail – is it good value for money?
The National Audit Office or NAO is an independent parliamentary body. It is the independent public spending watchdog. It audits Central Government Departments, agencies and NDPBs. But it also carries out value for money audits into the administration of public policy.
One such value for money audit was into the recently re launched Northern Powerhouse Rail project, something that will be increasingly under the spotlight in coming years.
Green Signals spoke recently with Jonny Mood, Director - Value for Money / Performance Audit at the National Audit Office and who oversaw the Northern Powerhouse Rail audit to find out more.
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20 min - 128. Remember Network North? An FOI request reveals more than you might think…
Network North – remember that? A Freedom of Information request reveals more than you might think…
We speak to the National Audit Office about its recent report into Northern Powerhouse Rail
And we preview an upcoming special feature on the Transpennine Route Upgrade
In this episode:
(00:00) Intro
(00:31) Network North FOI
(27:21 )NPR NAO report interview teaser
(34:44) TRU video teaser
(40:05) Thanks to Supporters
(41:52) Railway news round-up
(41:54) Camp Hill Line in Birmingham to reopen
(42:55) Glasgow Central nearby fire update
(44:55) North Yorkshire Moors Railway Bridge 42 update
(45:48) Avanti West Coast ‘important’ advertising
(48:28) Lumo London-Stirling tickets on sale
(49:45) The Quiz
(53:43) Abandoned bikes become community support project
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58 min - HS2’s final TBM starts tunnelling to Euston! And we go onboard….
HS2 has started excavation of the final tunnel bore on the 140-mile railway between central London and the West Midlands – the down tunnel from Old Oak Common station in west London towards Euston – HS2’s terminus.
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) is named Karen after Karen Harrison, one of the first female train drivers in the UK, who drove out of Old Oak Common depot.
Best of all, Green Signals was aboard to witness the launch of this, the last of 11 TBM’s on the HS2 project.
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13 min - Holding Government to account - In conversation with Ruth Cadbury MP
Select Committees work in both Houses of Parliament. They scrutinise and report on a wide range of activities from the work of Government departments to economics affairs.
They run inquiries on specific topics, the outcomes of which are public and many require a response from the government. They are to be taken seriously by all those who are asked to give evidence.
The Transport Committee is nominated by the House of Commons to scrutinise the Department for Transport. Its formal remit is to hold Ministers and Departments to account, and to investigate matters of public concern.
Ruth Cadbury MP is Chair of the Transport Select having been elected to the position in September 2024. It falls to her to lead the Committee through the scrutiny of the Railways Bill and the creation of Great British Railways. Green Signals recently met up with Ruth to learn more about the work of the Committee, how challenging it can be some times to hold Ministers and officials to account and her views on the Railways Bill.
We started though by asking her how she got into politics in the first place…..
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52 min
About Green Signals
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Green Signals is a show about railways - its politics, its economics, its people and history. We turn over the issues of the day and talk to the people making the decisions that affect all our lives.…
We also dig into many of the amazing events in the history of an industry that spans nearly 200 years. Nigel Harris (former Managing Editor and Events Director of the leading industry and opinion forming magazine RAIL) and Richard Bowker (former Chair & CEO of the Strategic Rail Authority) steer the show to make it sometimes controversial, frequently irreverent - but always topical and relevant.
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