DiscoverSimon Calder's Independent Travel PodcastOctober 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

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

Update: 2025-10-16
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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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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