Green Signals 112. Rail Fares Freeze Fiasco – Are there unintended consequences?
Rail fares are frozen for 2026! But is it wise and could there be unwanted consequences?
No passenger trains for East West Rail until 2026 – more than a year after it became operational. We ask what’s going on?
And we see the future of track worker protection demonstrated, as the use of “Lookouts” comes to an end on the mainline railway.
In this episode:
(00:00) Intro
(00:35) Rail fares freeze for 2026
(13:21) East West Rail: No trains until 2026
(22:07) An end to lookout working
(36:07) Thanks to Supporters
(40:00) Railway News Round-up
(40:04) One bashed bridge costs £50k
(41:10) CrossCountry RMT strike action
(42:58) No new trains for rural north of Scotland
(45:00) CAF legal action over Translink procurement
(46:28) Robot dog detects freight train defects in Lithuania
(48:45) The Quiz
(51:32) Accrington station adoption group
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