We examine what the railway got from last week’s budget with a bit of Budget 2024 analysis… spoiler alert – nothing that hasn’t already been announced!
 
The National Audit Office (NAO) report into the Department for Transport’s Rail Transformation Programme is not flattering – we discuss why five of the high level benefits have been rated RED.
 
The Department for Transport reorganises again. Is it just
another example of rearranging the deckchairs, or should we be worrying that the DfT is trying to take an even tighter grip on the railway?
 
And Grand Union is granted open access rights for a new
service from London Euston to Stirling from 2025. But Richard is not happy about it…

25. Department for Transport good news… (finally!) & Heritage railways under threat

Green Signals is a show about railways - its politics, its economics, its people and history. We turn over the issues of the day and talk to the people making the decisions that affect all our lives. We also dig into many of the amazing events in the history of an industry that spans nearly 200 years. Nigel Harris (former Managing Editor and Events Director of the leading industry and opinion forming magazine RAIL) and Richard Bowker (former Chair &amp; CEO of the Strategic Rail Authority) steer the show to make it sometimes controversial, frequently irreverent - but always topical and relevant.