Train wreck: How to turn around Britain’s railways

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Anyone who uses Britain’s railways can see things aren’t running smoothly. How do we solve this mess? From cancelled trains and driver shortages, to the rolling series of strikes, a nation that once prided itself on its railway appears to have let services go off the rails, as it were. Christian Wolmar, author of British Rail: A New History, joins Ros Taylor in The Bunker to find out what needs fixing. “It’s absolutely ideological…it wouldn’t cost anything to take these franchises back”. “The department of transport is demanding productivity increases along with a pay rise. That is a mistake.” “It’s a ‘nobody gives a damn' railway. There’s nobody in charge and everybody has given up.” Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Producer Jet Gerbertson. Assistant producer Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer Jacob Jarvis. Bunker music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:35.0	Strikes, cancelled trains, driver shortages, Britain's railways were never perfect, but in recent
1:39.9	months I felt ashamed at the state of the network. We were the first to build trains and
1:44.7	tracks but the railway is falling apart before our eyes. How on earth can we get
1:49.7	out of this mess and even more importantly is anyone willing to do that. Christian Womar knows more
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