Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast

Dec 01 2024 54 ep. 36 mins 162
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Christian Wolmar, Mark Walker and guests keep you up to date with the most engaging news stories, policy developments and interviews across the world of transport. You can find more from Christian including articles, books and speaking events here: https://www.christianwolmar.co.uk Find ’Calling All Stations - the transport podcast’ and join the conversation on social media channels here: X (formerly Twitter) - https://x.com/AllStationsPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/Calling_all_Stations_podcast/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@calling_all_stations_podcast Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/p/Calling-All-Stations-The-Transport-Podcast-61551736964201/

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3/6 Big in Japan! Plus a dramatic change of UK Transport Secretary

Dec 01 2024 46 mins  
Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker examine the brief but spectacular tenure of Louise Haigh MP at the helm of the UK Department for Transport and ask what changes the past career and experience of new Secretary of State Heidi Alexander MP may bring [02:20]. Live from Tokyo, Christian reports on his experience of using the city's vast Metro system as well as Japan's pioneering h

3/5 How HS2 manages bats, society manages cars and Ministers manage Parliament

Nov 20 2024 47 mins  
Christian applies his journalistic sonar to HS2's controversial bat mitigation measures, detecting new aspects to the saga [2:00]. Transport Planning Society Chair Ben Plowden is interviewed by Christian at the Society's conference ‘The Road Less Travelled: the Principles, Policies, Practicalities and Politics of Reducing Car Use in the UK’ [13:43]. Co-presenter Mark Walker dis

3/4 Does the Chancellor's Budget give any hints of a UK transport strategy?

Nov 05 2024 50 mins  
In this episode of The Transport Podcast, Christian Wolmar interviews Steve Gooding, Director of the RAC Foundation on what last week's UK Budget by the Chancellor of the Exchequer says about current and future plans for road vehicle taxation as electrification spreads and discussion of journey-based usage charges grows [01:45]. Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker then examine,

3/3 Exclusive! Discover how the train drivers' pay dispute in England was really resolved

Oct 28 2024 34 mins  
In this exclusive episode of The Transport Podcast, Christian talks to train drivers' union ASLEF's Assistant General Secretary - Simon Weller - about what really happened when the UK Labour Government came into power and negotiated a settlement of the long-running pay dispute [2:30], including exploring in detail the issues around Sunday working, why the Conservatives' anti-strike

3/2 Can London's Euston station be fixed and are Lime bikes a boon or a curse?

Oct 11 2024 30 mins  
In this episode of The Transport Podcast, Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker examine the controversies and challenges at London's Euston station [01:30], ask just how much fun the BBC's 'Nightsleeper' drama is [17:08], debate the pros and cons of the Lime bike hire scheme and other micro-mobility technologies [17:18] and consider whether the Lower Thames Crossing is doomed [27:

3/1 Live from Liverpool where Labour is "ripping up the very roots of Thatcherism" from transport

Sep 25 2024 31 mins  
Launching Season 3 of The Transport Podcast, Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker report from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on the keynote address by UK Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh MP [3:48]. Christian analyses a meeting discussing driverless cars addressed by Minister for the Future of Roads, Lilian Greenwood MP [13:50} and talks about his own presen

2/25 Rail renationalisation passes key milepost and new road costs come under scrutiny

Sep 04 2024 34 mins  
Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker bring listeners right up to date with progress of the new UK Labour Government's rapid legislation to allow franchised passenger train operations to return to state control [01:45]. Mark discusses with Christian his recent Guardian article calling for the abandonment of all England's major road building schemes [23:22]. Finally, Christian prev

2/24 Satnav guiding UK airliners and better train services across Britain's Pennines

Aug 19 2024 33 mins  
Christian looks skyward with HACAN Policy Director Paul Beckford to turn the spotlight on UK Airspace Modernisation and what this will mean for both passengers and residents living under the flightpaths [2:07]. Next, it's a discussion with TransPennine Express Managing Director Chris Jackson about restoring train service frequency and a host of innovations coming down the track [18

2/23 Calling All Stations is LIVE!

Jul 24 2024 32 mins  
In our first ever episode recorded in front of a live audience at the Cogitamus and Rail Forum #allchangerail seminar, Christian Wolmar and Mark Walker examine the outcome of the UK General Election and the appointments of Labour's Transport Ministers [1:08] along with publication of the new Government's extensive transport legislative programme in the King's Speech [06:00]. We the

2/22 Transport manifestos for General Election and how to boost UK merchant shipping

Jun 13 2024 50 mins  
Christian and Mark Walker look at the main UK parties' General Election manifesto pledges on transport with Labour's hot off the press [1:35]. Nautilus International General Secretary Mark Dickinson speaks to Christian about his union's manifesto for a thriving merchant shipping industry in the UK [15:17]. Christian recounts his cycling tour of the Normandy liberation sites raising