Green Signals
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.
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155. Chiltern Railways returns to public ownership… and it raises some questions (opens the original)
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Chiltern Railways returns to public ownership – and itraises some questions… ScotRail finally admits failures in its ticketing app launch And Richard reports from the world’s largest rail industryexhibition – InnoTrans! In this episode: (00:00) Intro (00:31) Chiltern Railways joins GBR (06:36) ScotRail’s ticketing app (15:09) Railway News round-up (15:12) East Midlands Railway fleet refurbishment (15:47) Bransty Tunnel news (17:14) Botley Road reopens (17:56) GCRE funding gap (19:01) Morden Trai
Secret steam locomotives revealed – Inside Collection X with Tim Dunn! (opens the original)
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In the 1960s and 70s, the legendary Peter Rampton amassed a remarkable collection of steam locomotives and artefacts from around the world. He brought them back to his farm in Surrey, had a few open days in the 1970s and then pretty much locked the doors to the barns to keep the secrets within safe and hidden from view. Now, in the barn find of the century for narrow gauge railway enthusiasts, Collection X as it became known is starting to be shown to the public again. Tim Dunn - TV personality,
154. TransPennine Express’s new train order is great news! But we have questions… (opens the original)
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TransPennine Express orders new rolling stock – and it’s excellent news for Derby! But we have plenty of questions Avanti West Coast cuts services AGAIN; and Tickets will soon be automatically valid on other services when yours is cancelled. But is there a catch? **LINK TO GREEN SIGNALS LISTENER SURVEY: https://tally.so/r/lbGWQp In this episode: (00:00) Intro (01:10) TPE’s rolling stock order (17:09) Avanti West Coast cut services (22:49) DfT announces ticket changes for cancelled trains (29:26)
£1bn NEW trains! Britain's first mainline battery electric trains ordered by TransPennine Express (opens the original)
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Massive news for Derby, Alstom and TransPennine Express withthe announcement that TransPennine Express (TPE) have placed an order with Alstom for 29 x 5 car battery electric multiple units using the Alstom Adessia platform. The deal is to be financed by Rock Rail and the new trains will enter service from 2032 with full deployment by December 2034 The order is a major boost for the Alstom Derby Litchurch Lanesite as well as the customers of TransPennine Express. Green Signals looks at the announ
153. More diversions! GWR’s plan to keep customers on trains over Christmas (opens the original)
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More diversions! We look at GWR’s plan to keep customers ontrains over Christmas. But GWR are also struggling with unreliable Class 175s… And Lumo re-fuels a train mid-service… yes, really. **LINK TO GREEN SIGNALS LISTENER SURVEY: https://tally.so/r/lbGWQp In this episode: (00:00) Intro (00:27) GWR diversions plan (14:55) GWR Class 175 problems (27:28) RMT update (29:39) Chancellor on cost of rail projects (38:37) Railway news round-up (38:40) Paddington fire (39:34) CrossCountry cancellations (
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