100. Scotland scraps peak rail fares. Is England next?

Green Signals · Sep 4, 2025 · 59m

Scotland scraps peak rail fares. Is England next?

Network Rail releases its supplier spending report… and it raises some concerns.

And the Office of Rail and Road seeks to find out just how much money open access is costing the railway.

In this episode:

(00:00) Intro

(00:51) Scotland scraps peak rail fares

(17:51) Network Rail Supplier Spend Report

(25:04) Open Access tender

(31:10) It’s our 100th episode!

(40:12) Thanks to supporters

(41:53) Railway News Round-up

(41:57) Bluebell Railway near miss

(44:09) Northumberland Line needs more money

(46:29) Location-based ticketing trial

(50:17)…