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3/1 Live from Liverpool where Labour is "ripping up the very roots of Thatcherism" from transport
Episode 49
Launching Season 3 of The Transport Podcast, Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker report from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on the keynote address by UK Secretary of State for Transport …
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
2/25 Rail renationalisation passes key milepost and new road costs come under scrutiny
Episode 48
Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker bring listeners right up to date with progress of the new UK Labour Government's rapid legislation to allow franchised passenger train operations to return to s…
Published on 1 year ago
2/24 Satnav guiding UK airliners and better train services across Britain's Pennines
Episode 47
Christian looks skyward with HACAN Policy Director Paul Beckford to turn the spotlight on UK Airspace Modernisation and what this will mean for both passengers and residents living under the flightpa…
Published on 1 year ago
2/23 Calling All Stations is LIVE!
Episode 46
In our first ever episode recorded in front of a live audience at the Cogitamus and Rail Forum #allchangerail seminar, Christian Wolmar and Mark Walker examine the outcome of the UK General Election …
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
2/22 Transport manifestos for General Election and how to boost UK merchant shipping
Episode 45
Christian and Mark Walker look at the main UK parties' General Election manifesto pledges on transport with Labour's hot off the press [1:35]. Nautilus International General Secretary Mark Dickinson …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
2/21 Transport choices in the UK General Election and 1944 Normandy rail heroes
Episode 44
Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker examine the transport policy choices facing the UK political parties contending to win the 2024 General Election [1:25]. Mark interviews Christian about his la…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
2/20 Birmingham transformed by HS2 construction while culture wars bedevil roadspace policy
Episode 43
Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker visit the impressive HS2 station and viaduct construction sites in central Birmingham to see how the project is transforming the city's connectivity and skyline…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
2/19 Competing visions of 'Great British Railways' from Labour and the Conservatives
Episode 42
Taking a brief pause between media interviews on the Labour Party's freshly published plan for railways in Great Britain, Christian discusses with Mark Walker the strategy, proposals, details and sti…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
2/18 John Major's rail privatisation helmsman torpedoes Conservatives' latest reforms
Episode 41
Christian speaks at length with Steve Norris, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the UK Department for Transport between 1992 and 1996, who was the key Rail Minister serving John Major's Conse…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
2/17 Are a fair deal for England's train drivers and fare-free public transport in London possible?
Episode 40
With further strikes scheduled in many of England's train companies, Christian speaks to Simon Weller, Assistant General Secretary of drivers' union ASLEF, about what the shape of a settlement to the…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago