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Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar

Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar

Podcast Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar
Podcast Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar

Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar

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Christian Wolmar and friends keeping listeners up to date with the latest news and policy developments in transport More
Christian Wolmar and friends keeping listeners up to date with the latest news and policy developments in transport More

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  • Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar, Episode 18
    What a week!  Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker review the extraordinary impact of this podcast's revelation of UK Department for Transport plans to cut passenger wifi provision on franchised rail services in England, including an extensive debate in the House of Lords of the UK Parliament (to whom we are very grateful for the audio clips).  Christian also reflects on what recent troubles with UK Border Force e-gates at airports may tell us about our vulnerability to hackers.
    30/05/2023
    27:38
  • Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar, Episode 17
    SCOOP!  Calling All Stations brings news that the UK Department for Transport is trying to switch off passenger wifi on the train services it controls in Great Britain.  Christian Wolmar has the exclusive as our top story.  In a special edition focused on rail in Great Britain, Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker discuss the status of the reform programme [10:00], positive developments on post-pandemic usage recovery along with particular marketing initiatives in Scotland [18:50] and how not every European rail initiative is as successful as we might imagine [21:10].
    21/05/2023
    24:01
  • Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar, Episode 16
    Revealed - the latest position on reshaping Great Britain's main line rail industry.  In this podcast, Christian speaks at length with Anit Chandarana, Lead Director at the Great British Railways Transition Team on the work of the GBRTT, the wide range of reform issues the team is addressing and the prospects for legislation implementing the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail in what remains of the present UK parliamentary term.  Christian also reflects on the right royal endorsement for the success of Transport for London's Elizabeth Line [26:35].
    08/05/2023
    28:52
  • Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar, Episode 15
    A preview of Christian's next book - 'The Liberation Line' - telling the story of the Allies' amazing reconstruction of railways in France and beyond following the Normandy landings of 1944 [01:15] is followed by an in-depth interview with Anthony Smith, Chief Executive of Transport Focus, the principal consumer watchdog organisation for rail, bus and road users in Great Britain [09:30], after which Christian asks whether BBC Radio should still have to broadcast the Shipping Forecast in an increasingly digital age [33:07].
    30/04/2023
    36:03
  • Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar, Episode 14
    This week, Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker examine the cutbacks to the UK Government's Smart Motorways programme in England [1:30], analyse what the grilling of UK Transport Secretary Mark Harper MP by the House of Commons Transport Committee tells us about the rail reform programme for Great Britain [8:12], discuss why two-wheeled forms of innovative transport may be falling out of favour in the UK and elsewhere [23:27] and reflect on whether or not young drivers deserve more restrictions on their freedoms [29:44].
    23/04/2023
    32:29

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