{"podcast":{"title":"Green Signals","slug":"green-signals-6646463","podcast_index_feed_id":6646463,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e87fffec/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://greensignals.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38907027/38907027-1743780239146-c787b71ca3795.jpg","author":"Green Signals Productions","episode_count":234,"summary":"Green Signals is a show about railways - its politics, its economics, its people and history. We turn over the issues of the day and talk to the people making the decisions that affect all our lives. We also dig into many of the amazing events in the history of an industry that spans nearly 200 years. Nigel Harris (former Managing Editor and Events Director of the leading industry and opinion forming magazine RAIL) and Richard Bowker (former Chair & CEO of the Strategic Rail Authority) steer the show to make it sometimes controversial, frequently irreverent - but always topical and relevant.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T22:18:06.934038+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-signals-6646463"},"episode":{"title":"136. Great Western Railway nationalisation date confirmed","slug":"136-great-western-railway-nationalisation-date-confirmed","published_at":"2026-05-14T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-signals-6646463/136-great-western-railway-nationalisation-date-confirmed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-signals-6646463","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greensignals/episodes/136--Great-Western-Railway-nationalisation-date-confirmed-e3jbk3g","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2528138894.mp3","summary":"Great Western Railway will be nationalised in December… and that much-loved historic green livery will soon disappear HS2’s big ‘reset’ is delayed AGAIN. Or is it? GB Railfreight’s Class 99s take a big leap towards entering service And… an LNER overspeed incident might have been caused by driver distraction. **Link to download the TicketyBoo app: https://myticketyboo.com/app_download/ Link to TicketyBoo website: https://myticketyboo.com/ Use code GREENSIGNALS5 at checkout to get £5 off your first booking** ** Book the Green Signals Jolly to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway here: ⁠⁠https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-signals-jolly-to-the-keighley-worth-valley-railway-tickets-1986536021717?aff=oddtdtcreator In this episode: (00:00) Intro (01:54) GWR nationalisation date announced (12:24) Is HS2’s ‘reset’ delayed? (17:45) Railway news round-up (17:52) GSM-R fault causes disruption (18:33) Oxley freight derailment (19:32) British Steel to be nationalised (20:03) Severn Tunnel major work (21:08) Mid Cornwall Metro launch (21:53) ORR rejects Grand Union open access application (24:23) Class 99s gain Statement of Compatibility (30:17) Grantham overspeed caused by ‘driver distraction’? (36:26) South West weather resilience video teaser (42:10) Heritage news round-up (42:19) East Lancs graffiti attack (42:52) Vale of Rheidol Railway Prince of Wales oil conversion (44:06) Talyllyn Railway celebrates 75thanniversary (44:53) Severn Valley Railway platform extension (45:55) Avon Valley Railway £150k fundraising appeal (46:43) Kent & East Sussex Railway Morning Bird-Song Tours (47:32) Museum of Scottish Railways new exhibition (48:35) Thanks to Supporters (50:36) The Quiz (55:24) Wabtec Doncaster Open Day Membership: If you want to see even more from Green Signals, includi…","meta_description":"Great Western Railway will be nationalised in December… and that much-loved historic green livery will soon disappear HS2’s big ‘reset’ is delayed AGAIN.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3516,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/green-signals-6646463/episodes/136-great-western-railway-nationalisation-date-confirmed/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/green-signals-6646463/136-great-western-railway-nationalisation-date-confirmed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}