{"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":"4/12 In search of Africa's lost railways","slug":"4-12-in-search-of-africa-s-lost-railways","published_at":"2026-05-08T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949/4-12-in-search-of-africa-s-lost-railways","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949","url":"https://markwalkerg.podbean.com/e/412-in-search-of-africas-lost-railways/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mi5zjq3jijqr3qvq/Calling_All_Stations_Episode_41284zdq.mp3","summary":"While researching the history and current plight of Africa's railways for a forthcoming book of his own, Christian takes time out to speak to David Williams, author of 'On the Railway: The Great South African Train Story' [2:31]. In his final thought from the departure lounge, Christian asks whether passenger safety precautions on airliners are up to date [44:34]. 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":"While researching the history and current plight of Africa's railways for a forthcoming book of his own, Christian takes time out to speak to David Willia…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2882,"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/4-12-in-search-of-africa-s-lost-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-5931949/4-12-in-search-of-africa-s-lost-railways.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}