Transport promises: How Mayors plan to spend YOUR money! | Ep 32
Richard has to eat a bit of humble pie over Yorkshire; and
The Channel Tunnel turns 30!
This time presented by Richard Bowker and Green Signals General Manager Stef Foster.
Note from Richard - apologies to the Metro Mayors of Liverpool City Region and West Yorkshire because contrary to what I said on the show, those regions did indeed go to the polls last week and the incumbent Mayors won their respective elections. Congratulations to them - and I'm heading off for new glasses since having read a particular source document multiple times, I still managed to put two Combined Authorities in the wrong column.......
In this episode:
00:00 Intro
01:39 Ffestiniog Railway Snowdonian steam train footplate ride video (https://youtu.be/eMlmbQ1Mv5s?si=t_5QurcCGLPRyUbl)
03:38 Feedback on Big Interview with Rail Minister Huw Merriman (https://youtu.be/dXunqWiA6bQ)
05:30 Mayoral Elections on May 2nd and what the outcomes might mean for the railway
08:29 South Yorkshire Combined Authority – Mayor Oliver Coppard (Reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport, trial of free travel for young people on public transport, Sheffield Supertram and buses back into public ownership)
15:42 Tees Valley Combined Authority – Ben Houchen (Lord) (Network North and reallocation of HS2 funds, Teesside International Airport Station)
29:49 Greater Manchester Combined Authority – Andy Burnham (The Bee Network, Liverpool-Manchester Railway, HS2 alternative)
37:12 West Midlands Combined Authority (Nationalisation of buses and why it’s different to the railway)
51:03 Channel Tunnel 30th anniversary
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Credits:
Photos - Shutterstock
Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)
This video includes a segment featuring a footplate ride on the Ffestiniog Railway's Snowdonian steam train. Other locations mentioned include Airport, Burnham, Doncaster, and Sheffield. The operator Rail Express Systems is noted in the metadata. The content primarily focuses on transport policy discussions involving Metro Mayors and includes commentary on recent events related to the Channel Tunnel. Additional segments reference interviews and feedback on rail-related topics.
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