The Royal Train is decommissioned & Derailment causes travel chaos on WCML | Ep 91
A derailment at Bletchley and a fallen tree near Beattock cause days of travel chaos on the West Coast Main Line.
And we speak to Stadler about their take on the UK rolling stock market.
In this episode:
00:00 Intro
00:33 Royal Train to be decommissioned
11:39 Derailment at Bletchley
17:35 Fallen tree at Beattock
23:40 Class 99s teaser
28:01 Stadler and the rolling stock market
36:26 IMechE Railway Challenge
39:41 Thanks to Supporters
41:07 Railway News Round-up
41:11 EDF Renewables deal with Transport for London
42:15 Project Reach deal
43:27 Heidelberg Materials Horton Quarry rail link
44:30 “Network Rail wrongly fells 300 trees”
48:27 HS2 Northolt Tunnel excavation completed
49:07 Far North Line reopens
50:57 The Quiz
55:02 Great Western Railway FastCharge Battery record
ROYAL TRAIN PHOTOGRAPHY: Thanks to Jack Boskett for kindly allowing us to use his photographs in this episode. You can find more of Jack’s award-winning photography at http://www.jackboskett.co.uk
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Credits:
Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)
This video discusses the planned decommissioning of the Royal Train by 2027, marking the end of nearly two centuries of service. It also covers a derailment at Bletchley and a fallen tree near Beattock that caused travel disruptions on the West Coast Main Line. The episode includes insights from Stadler regarding the UK rolling stock market and touches on various railway news items, including infrastructure developments and events like the IMechE Railway Challenge. Several rail vehicles and operators are mentioned, along with locations across the UK rail network.
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