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October 16th - New trains for old on Chiltern Railways, linking London Marylebone with Banbury and Birmingham

October 16th - New trains for old on Chiltern Railways, linking London Marylebone with Banbury and Birmingham

When you're on board, it feels lighter is brighter

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent

October 16, 20255m 41s

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Show Notes

On a shiny 21st-century train with just one careful previous owner, I am talking to Richard Allan – managing director of Chiltern Railways – about new rolling stock for a network that currently relies on trains nearly half a century old.


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