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Oh good, this news is out. The nice thing about it is that it’ll now be on iPlayer for a bit and have an even wider audience range. It’s only series 1 for now, which was filmed the summer before Covid and was screened in April; just when everybody else had run out of programmes, along came me...

YES! Thank you. You are a marvel of the modern age.

...which, from memory, was filmed down the central aisle of a few carriages, was hugely positive and confident in its welcoming of folk back to the railway? I think there was a bloke with a beard - maybe a guard - doing the narration. I had thought it was Scotrail, but I can't find any...

Given that I have given the positive review of the book that has apparently made its back cover (!) I think this is a natural point for me to note that it is a very good read indeed and to recommend it. Disclaimer: He's a good friend, but whilst we mightn't always agree on how railways might fix...

It is rather sad news, especially for my former colleagues - many of whom came to those projects as railway enthusiasts, or indeed finished the projects finding themelves having become such. Those on the forum who have dealings with, or who work in, the media and marketing worlds will know the...

ISTR Virgin’s text-early alert, (“Earlybird” seems to be its consumer name from googling, but I think it was also trialled at another time under a different name) worked pretty well at Euston - it auto texted customers who’d directly booked with Virgin for that specific train (vs those who’d...

I'm going to reply to these, even though you I think you know very well why (a) things are labelled and secret and indeed (b) "the more boring of them" was chosen. If you're being literal about it, then very little in this world is secret. Especially when it comes to *public* transport...

I'll take that (as will the editors) as a compliment. I'm actually guilty of doing monologues and leading questions because on the historical stuff, I've got a pretty good idea of what's happened. But then I'm a railway generalist when it comes to most of the places we go on the Underground...

Sorry, I was busy up at the Welsh Highland Railway over the weekend! SO. Hullo. You may be pleased to learn that we have managed to enable free access to the following LT locations, for the entire UK population as long as they have access to the web or possess a TV with a TV licence. Yes...

Thanks all. It's nice to get positive feedback like the above: I do make sure the team sees it, because I'm just the one at the front who can't quite believe his luck. All 40 episodes are on UKTV Play app and website to stream for free...

I recommend David Lawrenc's book "British Rail Architecture" on Crecy imprint for pretty comprehensive coverage. Bruce Peter's "The changing face of british railways" also covers a lot more and doesn't seem to be well known. It should be; it's excellent. Coventry and Stafford are two of my...

So that I might shortcut both your time and that of those at York. ;) I can tell you immediately that this is likely 1830, unless there was a more recent recreation done. Check the third image - at least one version of this has 1831 in it. It is a handkerchief. Yes, a handkerchief. There’s one...

So I found myself aboard this train yesterday - a rash decision made approx three minutes before scheduled departure time but I thought sod it, I’ve never seen a Deltic do more than 20mph IRL and I’ve never been on a mainline diesel charter. Having got on, I re-thought this and oh… Edinburgh’s...

You have no idea how delighted I am to read your comment, LP. There are several reasons why I took the idea of a programme about railway buildings to a production company - and one of them was to help people better understand the world immediately around us, and perhaps enjoy things that they...

I do not work in distribution or licensing - and as per Netflix comments above, I don't think you'll see DVDs of any of these. UKTV has commissioned these directly. There are no ongoing fees to repeat them therefore, so putting them on UKTVplay generates a good amount of revenue via ad sales...

It is particularly difficult for an often-irritating loudmouth like me, but the wait between filming and screening these is a real trial. I can't tell anyone where we've been or what we've seen, or indeed what my take on it might be. It is agony having 1000 pics on my phone and not being able to...

I am particularly looking forward to it, but then I’m biased ;-) All episodes are on the free to watch/stream UKTV Play website and app. Sometimes stuff from BBC channels makes its way to Netflix, but if you look at the numbers in the press release you’ll see it’s very popular on UKTV Play...

Ashley, hello. Rather than playing out several minutes of the turbine startup in realtime to keep turbine enthusiasts happy, i reckon the editors have clipped and used bits of us describing what was going on. I know some people can't stand the sound of my voice but my guess is that the sound of...

Yup - there's a lot of ground to cover esp at King's Cross (!). I personally like the approach the editorial team take, which is to show a broad variety of what we've seen, go deep on a couple of items but hopefully inspire those who really want to know more, to do their own research. If it was...

Some of the objects in LTM collection relating to Epping to Ongar (inc the original KM plate, which is on display at covent garden atm in the hidden london exhibition) are shown in this article...