{"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":"4/5 Britain's creaking transport infrastructure, plus retrospective on '25 and predictions for '26","slug":"4-5-britain-s-creaking-transport-infrastructure-plus-retrospective-on-25-and-predictions-for-26","published_at":"2025-12-22T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949/4-5-britain-s-creaking-transport-infrastructure-plus-retrospective-on-25-and-predictions-for-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949","url":"https://markwalkerg.podbean.com/e/45-britains-creaking-transport-infrastructure-plus-retrospective-on-25-and-predictions-for-26/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qp3amxc6phqirkn7/Calling_All_Stations_Episode_456qp69.mp3","summary":"In our final (and seasonal) episode for 2025, Christian and Mark Walker look back on the year's transport highlights [1:58]. Christian explores with Dr Steve Denton FREng, Vice President at the Royal Academy of Engineering, the report 'Reviving Our Aged Infrastructure' published by the National Engineering Policy Centre [16:10]. After a look ahead by our presenters into what 2026 may bring in transport policy and initiatives [35:30], Christian gives a shout out to everyone working to keep our networks functioning over the festive period [45:04]. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our listeners from the Calling All Stations team! 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":"In our final (and seasonal) episode for 2025, Christian and Mark Walker look back on the year's transport highlights [1:58]. Christian explores with Dr St…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2823,"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/4-5-britain-s-creaking-transport-infrastructure-plus-retrospective-on-25-and-predictions-for-26/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-5931949/4-5-britain-s-creaking-transport-infrastructure-plus-retrospective-on-25-and-predictions-for-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}