Green Signals 76. Virgin Trains comes out fighting for open access rights
Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains fights hard to return to the West Coast Main Line with an appeal to the Office of Rail and Road over available capacity
We ask how many public officials does it take to have a meeting about railway projects these days?
And a new Northumberland Line station – Newsham opens
In this episode:
(00:00) Intro(00:40) Virgin Trains open access fight(31:50) How many officials does it take to have a railway meeting?(34:55) Thanks to Supporters, Super Thanks and Members(36:15) Railway News Round-Up(36:19) Northumberland Line Newsham station opens(37:06) RMT calls off Avanti West Coast strikes(37:49) HS2 TBM lifted out of Green Park Way site(38:58) HS2 A43 bridge progress(39:50) LNER named top of the TOCs(41:17) The Quiz(45:59) Furness Railway No. 20 to visit The Greatest Gathering
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Credits:
Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)
Image Credits (unless stated on images)
- Picture of people sat round boardroom table - Jacob Lund / Shutterstock.com
- Drone image of Newsham railway station - Northern Trains Ltd
- Letter to ORR from Network Rail re West Coast South timetable issues (published by ORR on 14th March 2025)
- Film of LNER Azuma speeding passed Essendine - Nigel Harris
- Film of Class 91 set departing Peterborough northbound - Richard Bowker