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Could ticketless travel and satellite connectivity be coming to our rail network? Greg Foot examines the rise of future wonder products.

Could ticketless travel and satellite connectivity be coming to our rail network?

Greg Foot examines the rise of future wonder products.

He's joined by experts, entrepreneurs and industry innovators to discuss the trends we're seeing today and where they may lead us tomorrow, before a leading futurist offers their predictions on what life might be like within five, ten and fifty years.

In this episode Greg hears how renationalisation, digital signalling, satellite connections, ticketless technology and battery power might transform our trains in the future.

With him is the futurist Tom Cheesewright and guests including:

- Dickon Ross, Editor of Rail Magazine
- Maggie Simpson OBE, Director General at the Rail Freight Group
- Mike Butler, Director of Rail & Innovation at Clarus Networks

Produced by Jon Douglas. Dough is a 麻豆社 Audio North Production for 麻豆社 Radio 4 and 麻豆社 Sounds.

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30 minutes

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Thu 5 Mar 2026 12:32

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