82. No Great British Railways until 2027?! Heidi Alexander at Transport Select Committee
Episode description
No Great British Railways until 2027?! We dissect Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander’s first appearance as Secretary of State for Transport at the Transport Select Committee. Spoiler alert – we were a little underwhelmed…
We preview an exclusive interview with someone who could be a strong candidate to run Great British Railways
And we have some very exciting news of our own..!
#GreatBritishRailways #Railnationalisation #Railways
In this episode:
(00:00) Intro
(00:40) Transport Select Committee
(34:33) Tim Shoveller interview preview
(37:24) Wow! I didn’t know that preview
(40:18) Thanks to supporters
(41:36) Railway News Round-Up
(41:40) HS2 Wendover Green Tunnel update
(42:37) Tyne & Wear Metro fleet issues
(43:40) Arriva submits Brighton to Newcastle application
(44:31) Universal Studios & East West Rail
(46:10) Gaming carriage service
(48:00) The Quiz
(49:36) Northumberland Line reaches 250k journeys
Correction: 44:43 The theme park itself is not costing £50 billion to build. It is apparently expected to be worth £50 billion to the UK economy
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Images & footage credited in the video, except for – Thumbnail image of Heidi Alexander: CREATIVE COMMONS (https://members.parliament.uk/member/4038/portrait) - House of Commons / Laurie Noble
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