#Railnatter podcast
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The world's leading independent railway podcast. Join award-winning rail engineer @garethdennis.uk and many guests talking about all things TRAINS and TRANSPORT. #Railnatter goes out LIVE every Wednesday at 8pm: youtube.com/@garethdennis
Tonight on #Railnatter... We page-turn the GBR rolling stock and infrastructure strategy, released last month to tremendous fanfare. There's some very good stuff in it that we'll flag, but does it take us any further forwards? Find out tonight, LIVE at 8pm!
IF YOU MISSED IT! Last night, we welcomed @postoctobrist.bsky.social to help tell the story of PFI, how it was thrust upon an unwilling public by about six guys, how it is completely intertwined with the story of UK transport engineering and how the Treasury used it to completely break Britain.
yes, @postoctobrist.bsky.social and I are unpacking the HISTORY OF PFI for tonight's @railnatter.uk... it's a story of THE SAME GUY relentlessly wrecking everything
Ties in nicely with this (last?) week's @railnatter.uk I imagine it was a little more tricky because of the confied spaces but still mind bogglingly short sighted that TfL didn't/couldn't (#abolishtreasury) make use of historically low passenger numbers to go on a renewals frenzy.
ianVisits@ianvisits.co.uk · 3w agoTonight on #Railnatter, we’re looking at the ECML between Newcastle and Edinburgh. It's one of the most beautiful lines, but operationally, it’s a mess. Intensive intercity services comes at the expense of local ones, leaving some stations among Britain’s least-used. So how do we fix it?
Very interesting podcast about an important trans women and her impact on mini trains www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZV...
The trans woman who gave us miniature trains | #Railnatter 293
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If you've not tuned in to @garethdennis.uk's excellent Railnatter on level boarding, it's a tale as old as the railways. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWFC...
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Super polemic combining physics and accountancy, really zings
Are We Headed For Another Railtrack Crisis? | #Railnatter 321
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"I'm a track team leader for NR, there's so much I could say, that I've wanted to say for a long time but cannot for obvious reasons... It seems to me that we have learnt absolutely nothing. Lives seem cheap and people have short memories." Catch last night's #Railnatter now.
Tonight on #Railnatter, we look at Britain’s failing railway infrastructure, following the Lewes and Wickford derailments, both caused by track buckles. Why has our railway been left to deteriorate this far? What happens when we stop renewing it? And why is Hendy involved again?
Between Leeds and Edinburgh is 95 miles of 120/125mph, losing these 110mph trains 6 minutes over that distance. That's secondary to the fact that TPE is an intercity service and should be running intercity trains - this is exactly what we covered in a recent @railnatter.uk: youtu.be/IUaVkFaVIOE?...
Why Britain Only Needs ONE Intercity Operator
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California High Speed Rail is stumbling onwards, and we'll be catching up with progress as best we can tonight, as we look at the 2024 State Rail Plan to see whether HSR is being put into a wider transport context, and whether California can avoid the worst failures of HS2 in the UK.
Tonight on #Railnatter, Gareth is looking over the proposed Washington extension of the Tyne and Wear Metro to see if it works, and what to look out for as the proposals develop. Also: there's news to catch up on!
CrossCountry fell apart on Sunday, cancelling most services and sending disruption rippling across the network. Tonight on #Railnatter, we look at what’s broken, whether new trains could fix it, and if we should scrap CrossCountry entirely?
Welcome to Trainsatlantic. For Episode 5, our travellers despair at the US freight railroad's relentless ability to put a train in the dirt, get spooked out in Saginaw and, thanks to SpaceX spin-out Parallel Systems, decide we need a new category of useless tech industry transport innovation.
2 derailments in 24 hours. 4 in 12 months. The DfT continues to underfund rail, whilst daily incidents occur on the railway and frontline staff are being pushed to the brink. All while ministers take credit for trains they didn't buy, hide behind PR and "GBR", and neglect rail.
This week #Railnatter returns LIVE from 8 PM! We are building a new railway from York to Hull, looking at route options, stations, services and costs, and most importantly setting the railway into its local, regional and national context. Make sure you bring your thoughts, opinions and proposals!
it's very interesting that "@LordPeterHendy" has deleted his twitter account this past week
If you noticed there wasn’t a #Railnatter yesterday, don’t worry! 👀 @garethdennis.uk is taking a little break this week, but we’ve got some things to tide you over on both YouTube and Patreon. We should be back next week as usual!
Honestly, tonight's show is very much not to be missed! We've got it all: AI slop peddling, ministerial meddling, evil corporations, a Class 66 costing £100M, wannabe tech bros and a sacking nobody is talking about yet. And all of it giving a clear view of where GBR is going.
#Railnatter podcast@railnatter.uk · 2mo agoTonight, we're looking at GBRX, its boss Toufic Machnouk (recently sacked as head of ECDP), their champion Lord Peter Hendy and the work they've done with the likes of Palantir, NVIDIA and the Tony Blair Institute to create the railway industry AI action plan. Watch here: youtu.be/j8YefjoR0Ps
Tonight, we're looking at GBRX, its boss Toufic Machnouk (recently sacked as head of ECDP), their champion Lord Peter Hendy and the work they've done with the likes of Palantir, NVIDIA and the Tony Blair Institute to create the railway industry AI action plan. Watch here: youtu.be/j8YefjoR0Ps
Why GBR's AI plan is a SHAMBLES | #Railnatter 316
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We have new leadership for the country, but for transport its the same. In tonights #Railnatter we explore what the ideal rail organisation looks like. We also here from Jo Grew of GWR & NR Western on intergrated operations and remind ourselves: what is this all for?
Watching the latest @railnatter.uk - as someone who works in rail, I appreciate hearing opinions backed by knowledge and experience from those who really know our industry. Insightful and thought-provoking, @garethdennis.uk has a real knack for making complex rail topics engaging and entertaining 👏👍
This week on Railnatter, we have the first of 4 parts in a mini-series into Yorkshire!
Rebuilding Yorkshire's Broken Railway Network | #Railnatter 313
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Why does E Midlands get a raw deal? Lord Hendy rejected improvements for all E Midlands rail region stations on DfT's 2024 list-Chinley, Sileby, Stamford,Sleaford 1/2 @cbtransportgroup.bsky.social @jon4highpeak.bsky.social @railnatter.uk @christianwolmar.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/s...
Somehow I managed to blag my way into an appearance on tonight's (delayed) episode of @railnatter.uk, so make sure you tune in for all sorts of fun chaos! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up4z...
Labour’s rail promises versus reality | #Railnatter 311
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West Yorkshire "Metro-Train" and the July 1990 "Railplan 2" showing an acquired ex-Network South East British Rail Class 307 EMU doing the honours on the Leeds-Doncaster route prior to the delivery of the Class 321 sets. #railways @noeldolphin.bsky.social @railnatter.uk flic.kr/p/2smS2ef
Tonight, we are looking in detail at the RAIB report into the Talerddig crash where two trains collided resulting in the tragic death of a passenger. Given last week's two-train crash near Bedford, one not to be missed.
