{"podcast":{"title":"Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast","slug":"calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949","podcast_index_feed_id":5931949,"rss_url":"https://markwalkerg.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://markwalkerg.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15333981/CAS-Vert-OnBlue_15xalomq.png","author":"Christian Wolmar & Cogitamus Ltd","episode_count":84,"summary":"Christian Wolmar, Mark Walker and guests keep you up to date with the most engaging news stories, policy developments and interviews across the world of transport. You can find more from Christian including articles, books and speaking events here: https://www.christianwolmar.co.uk Find ’Calling All Stations - the transport podcast’ and join the conversation on social media channels here: X (formerly Twitter) - https://x.com/AllStationsPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/Calling_all_Stations_podcast/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@calling_all_stations_podcast Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/p/Calling-All-Stations-The-Transport-Podcast-61551736964201/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T04:20:36.520772+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949"},"episode":{"title":"3/19 Past glories and future prospects for Britain’s railways","slug":"3-19-past-glories-and-future-prospects-for-britain-s-railways","published_at":"2025-08-13T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949/3-19-past-glories-and-future-prospects-for-britain-s-railways","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949","url":"https://markwalkerg.podbean.com/e/319-past-glories-and-future-prospects-for-britain-s-railways/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sancixiswwt3m3jn/Calling_All_Stations_Episode_319_FINAL_FINAL_FINAL_version686nr.mp3","summary":"Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker pick up on some of the issues around driverless cars from the visit to Bosch in Stuttgart covered in episode 3/18 [1:30]. With the UK's Rail200 celebrations in full swing, our hosts discuss 'The Greatest Gathering' in Derby [7:12] and Mark reports back from an unforgettable journey to the event on 'The Belmond British Pullman' [10:32]. Looking to the future prospects for rail in the UK, Christian interviews the Chief Executive of one of its largest trade associations, Darren Caplan of the Railway Industry Association [26:21]. In his thought from the departure lounge, Christian wonders what lessons can be learned from Norway on the propensity of electric vehicles to encourage greater car use [40:56]. Find 'Calling All Stations - the transport podcast' on social media channels here: X (formerly Twitter) - https://x.com/AllStationsPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/Calling_all_Stations_podcast/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@calling_all_stations_podcast Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/p/Calling-All-Stations-The-Transport-Podcast-61551736964201/ Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/callingallstations.bsky.social","meta_description":"Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker pick up on some of the issues around driverless cars from the visit to Bosch in Stuttgart covered in episode 3/18 […","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2626,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949/episodes/3-19-past-glories-and-future-prospects-for-britain-s-railways/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949/3-19-past-glories-and-future-prospects-for-britain-s-railways.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}