The first of our new magazine-style episodes, where we focus on the big topical issues and what’s been happening on and around the railway over the festive period.

Here’s what we delve into this time…

• The great Christmas getaway on the roads
• Rail disruption over the Christmas break
• Richard’s Monsal Trail video and an interesting fact about Dr Beeching
• Peter Townend tribute video success
• Storm damage and HSTs
• More cuts coming for TOC budgets
• New Year Honours
• Predicting what ‘rail hating Rishi’ might be cooking up this year, and…
• A new feature – our weekly quiz with the chance to get a namecheck on the next show (but you’ll have to listen to the end to find out how).