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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: Episode One, How to build a Railway: The What and the Why of HS2
Description: How to Build a Railway is a twelve-part podcast series exploring the story behind the construction of the UK’s new high speed rail line.
This episode focusses on why HS2 is needed, the historical context of our country’s railways, project progress so far and upcoming goals.
Guests
Bob Gwynne, National Railway Museum Associate Curator.
Andrew McNaughton, Former HS2 Chief Engineer.
Andy Street, West Midlands Mayor.
Mark Thurston, HS2 Chief Executive.
Starting back in the 1830’s, Bob sets the scene of the original Victorian Railway and its importance both for the time as wel...