Are the Industrial Strategy & Infrastructure Strategy actually strategies? What about rail? | Ep 90

Are the Government’s ‘UK Infrastructure Strategy: A 10-Year Strategy’ and ‘The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy’ actually strategies? And do they tell a positive story for rail?

1,800 people are evacuated from Thameslink trains on the hottest day of the year.

And the new Tube trains for the Piccadilly Line are delayed…

In this episode:

00:00 Intro
00:34 Breaking News! DfT Letter on Open Access
10:18 All the strategies at once
12:57 Infrastructure Strategy
21:29 Industrial Strategy
25:15 Mark Wild’s HS2 interim report
33:34 1,800 people evacuated on Thameslink
37:44 Piccadilly Line trains delayed
43:01 Thanks to Supporters
45:05 Railway News Round-up
45:10 Ffestiniog Railway 200 Wheels on the Cob
46:22 Southeastern and Network Rail unite
47:39 Severn Valley Railway reorganisation
48:40 Keighley & Worth Valley Railway diesel gala drama
51:20 HS2 Lower Thorpe viaduct deck slide
52:25 The Quiz
55:11 Thomas the Tank Engine documentary

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