{"id":4897,"date":"2025-11-24T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slcrail.com\/?p=4897"},"modified":"2025-11-24T18:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:14:04","slug":"transcity-rail-north-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slcrail.com\/transcity-rail-north-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcity Rail North 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SLC&#8217;s Managing Director, Ian Walters, was on a Leaders&#8217; Debate at this year&#8217;s TCR North event to discuss &#8216;Remaking the Case for Rail&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke about private investment, new towns, the Northumberland Line and more.\u00a0 You can watch the full debate below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leaders Debate -  Remaking the Case for Rail\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1140120135?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other panellists included Neil Blagburn, AECOM&#8217;s programme delivery director on the Northumberland Line and Rachelle Forsyth-Ward, assistant director of transport policy, partnerships and contracts at The North East Combined Authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SLC&#8217;s Managing Director, Ian Walters, was on a Leaders&#8217; Debate at this year&#8217;s TCR North event to discuss &#8216;Remaking the Case for Rail&#8217;. 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