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Monday, 25 December 2023

Cogitamus

• 🎄🎄Merry Christmas from TransportInfo 🎄🎄
• Chris Stokes column - March 2023 - Harper promises to release rail reform from the sidingsMark Harper, the Secretary of State, set out his vision for the rail industry in the George Bradshaw address on 7 February.
• Chris Stokes - April 2023 - HS2 fights on despite savage woundsSadly, High Speed 2 has become the ultimate Keynesian “make work” project. The timescales constantly slip, the costs constantly inflate and the scope is constantly reduced. I have always been at best sceptical about the project but never in my wildest nightmares did I imagine that it could all go so badly wrong.
• 🎄 Today's questions are in the form of the House of Games answer smash 🎄Combine the answers from the two sentences to get the answer phrase
• Question 7 - English architect, best known for his design of iconic stations constructed on the London Underground with distinctive oxblood red faïence blocks and... a motif in architecture and art, of a face made of, or completely surrounded by, foliage, which normally spreads out from the centre of the face
• Question 8 - Secretary of State for Transport since October 2022 and ... a song written by American musician Lou Reed in 1972
• Question 9 - The only station in the United Kingdom bearing an exclamation mark, and... Santa’s catch phrase!
• Cracker Joke - When does a bus get wet?... When it’s dew ! 😆
• Answers to today's questionsQuestion 7 - Leslie Greenman Question 8 - Mark Harperfect day Question 9 - Westward Ho! Ho! Ho!

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.
• 3 March 2023 - Stations with Christian WolmarJoined by co-presenter Mark Walker, Christian this week reflects on how public transport provision in Northern Ireland differs from that in Great Britain [1:28], considers a major report on possible sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels in civil aviation [9:36], analyses recent serious rail accidents in the United States of America and Greece [19:50] and renews his critique of the hype over autonomous vehicles [32:42].
• 10 March 2023 - Calling All Stations with Christian WolmarThis week, Christian's prominent scepticism about the promise of autonomous road vehicles is questioned by Members of Parliament on the House of Commons Transport Committee [00:48], he interviews Rail Forum Chief Executive Elaine Clark on issues being addressed by this thriving supply chain trade association [20:25], explores with Severn Valley Railway Managing Director Jonathan Dunster the challenges facing the heritage rail sector [24:17] and deplores the culture wars affecting our pavements and roadspace [38:54].
• 17 March 2023 - Calling All Stations with Christian WolmarChristian and co-presenter Mark Walker discuss recent changes to the construction timetable for Great Britain's new high speed railway HS2 [01:22], possible further proposals for reform of the bus regulatory regime in England [12:10], the unprecedented order for new civil aircraft by Air India [19:27] and the decision by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer not to increase fuel duty for road vehicles [25:04].