136. Great Western Railway nationalisation date confirmed

About this episode

The episode discusses the nationalisation of Great Western Railway and various updates in the railway industry.

Great Western Railway will be nationalised in December… and that much-loved historic green livery will soon disappear HS2’s big ‘reset’ is delayed AGAIN. Or is it? GB Railfreight’s Class 99s take a big leap towards entering service And… an LNER overspeed incident might have been caused by driver distraction. **Link to download the TicketyBoo app: https://myticketyboo.com/app_download/ Link to TicketyBoo website: https://myticketyboo.com/ Use code GREENSIGNALS5 at checkout to get £5 off your first booking** ** Book the Green Signals Jolly to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway here: ⁠⁠https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-signals-jolly-to-the-keighley-worth-valley-railway-tickets-1986536021717?aff=oddtdtcreator In this episode: (00:00) Intro (01:54) GWR nationalisation date announced (12:24) Is HS2’s ‘reset’ delayed? (17:45) Railway news round-up (17:52) GSM-R fault causes disruption (18:33) Oxley freight derailment (19:32) British Steel to be nationalised (20:03) Severn Tunnel major work (21:08) Mid Cornwall Metro launch (21:53) ORR rejects Grand Union open access application (24:23) Class 99s gain Statement of Compatibility (30:17) Grantham overspeed caused by ‘driver…

Topics covered

• nationalisation
• railway news
• HS2
• freight services
• driver distraction
• heritage railways

Keywords

• Great Western Railway
• HS2
• GB Railfreight
• LNER
• nationalisation
• driver distraction
• TicketyBoo

Sponsors

TicketyBoo

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Great Western Railway, HS2, GB Railfreight, LNER, British Steel, ORR, Talyllyn Railway, Severn Valley Railway, Avon Valley

Products: TicketyBoo app

Places: Severn Tunnel, Mid Cornwall

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