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Saturday, 23 December 2023

Cogitamus

• The Chris Stokes ColumnOver the holiday week we will be re-posting Chris's articles from 2023. We hope that you enjoy revisiting them.
• January 2023 - Still no clear light ahead for resolution of industrial disputesIt is truly bleak midwinter for the rail industry. Despite a brief hopeful period in early November when RMT cancelled three days of strikes, there is no sign of any progress towards a settlement. Both sides now seem to be dug in for increasingly bitter trench warfare. Services over the Christmas and New Year period have been a shambles in large parts of the country, with an overtime ban resulting in major planned service reductions or ad-hoc cancellations.
• 🎁 🎄 To keep spirits up over the festive week and the grey matter ticking over ...We will be posting a transport related, cracker worthy daily joke, and some quiz questions. There are no prizes for the quiz questions, just the satisfaction that you know more than the graduate that has compiled the Q&As ! Enjoy !
• Question 1 - In which UK city are the company headquarters of National Express Buses?a. London b. Reading c. Glasgow d. Birmingham
• Question 2 - Which county is Oxhenholme station in?A. Yorkshire B. Oxfordshire C. Cumbria D. Lancashire
• Question 3 - Which country did the first aircraft from Heathrow fly to?A. Argentina B. USA C. Germany D. Iceland
• Cracker Joke - How does a train avoid detection? ... It covers its tracks! 😆
• Answer to Questions 1,2 & 3Question 1 - D. Question 2 - C. Question 3 - A
• 🎄🎄Merry Christmas from TransportInfo 🎄🎄We will be taking a short break over the festive season. TransportInfo will not be updated between 22 December 2023 and 1 January 2024. We will be back on Tuesday 2 January 2023.

Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast

• Calling All Stations - The first yearOver the holiday week we will be re-posting episodes from Season 1 and Season 2 of the Calling All Stations podcast with Christian and Mark. We hope that you enjoy re-listening to them.
• 13 January 2023 - Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar, Christian's thrilling and informative cab ride with GB Railfreight is bookended by a discussion of the importance of Chris Skidmore MP's review of Net Zero for the UK Government and reflections on attempts to launch artificial satellites from Cornwall. There are also some harsh words for the unintended consequences of e-bike hire schemes.
• 6 February 2023,- Calling All Stations with Christian Wolmar,This week, Christian explains the expansion of London's Ultra Low Emission Zone [00:57], examines trials of driverless buses in Scotland and Oxfordshire [09:35], takes a deep dive into UK Levelling Up Fund grants for transport projects with a special focus on South East Wales [16:56] and argues that HS2 should be built all the way to Euston [27:52].