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The world's leading independent railway podcast. Join award-winning rail engineer Gareth Dennis and many guests talking about all things TRAINS and TRANSPORT. #Railnatter goes out LIVE every Wednesday at 8pm, UK time, with the audio podcast following on all common platforms.
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The post-election reality for Britain’s transport system | #Railnatter 308
Well, they did it. Labour got a drubbing and are in the process of collapsing. The Tories are nowhere. Reform are ascendant and the Greens are hot on their tails. But what does it mean for transport…
The truth about local elections and public transport | #Railnatter 307
Westminster has always infantilised local elections, but local authorities are the most persistent interface between our lives and the functioning state, and this is absolutely true when it comes to…
Britain's Suburbs Are Broken, Here's The Solution | #Railnatter 306
This month, the Foundation for Integrated Transport released its paper on decarbonising suburban transport in Britain. Led by Jonathan Bray, it looks at the key challenges with providing adequate…
The Secret to Fixing Britain's Railways | #Railnatter 305
What if we've been getting railway upgrades wrong for decades? What if big, grand, finite projects were about the worst way to deliver the change to transport Britain so desperately needs? By looking…
This cheap fix will SOLVE rural travel | #Railnatter 304
Can the adoption of a Swiss taktfahrplan provide a blueprint for rural and regional transport in Britain?This is the question we'll be asking tonight, as we dig into the plans for the Hope Valley…
The BILLION POUND flaw on the Elizabeth Line | #Railnatter 303
Last week, the Campaign for Level Boarding published its letter to the Old Oak Common project endorsing a non-standard platform height. But what's that about? And how does it link to Crossrail's most…
This train TRANSFORMED Britain’s railways | #Railnatter 302
This week we are talking about Network Rail's PLPR train - the incredible and now pretty experienced train that put machine learning into practice in a way that makes today's AI boosters look more…
Talking GBR, cost of living and Iran with TSSA’s Maryam Eslamdoust | #Railnatter 301
In the first of a series of chats with political leaders who are shaping the mobility landscape in the UK, I was delighted to spend a long lunch with Maryam Eslamdoust, general secretary of the TSSA.…
Transport in Leeds isn't working | #Railnatter 300
10 hours, 22 locations and about 100 miles (probably) of travel later, and we've got a real feast of an episode to mark our 300th... Tonight, we rate ALL OF LEEDS for mobility using our patented…
Can we end Britain's boom and bust problem? | #Railnatter 299
Back at the start of February, the UK's Transport Select Committee published its report into rail investment pipelines and how to end the boom and bust cycle that double prices and delays…
What links Speed, Warriors and Roger Rabbit? | #Railnatter 298
Are there three movies that better define US transit culture better than Speed (1994), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and The Warriors (1979)? Probably not, if our guest this week is to be…
Justin Roczniak fixes Britain's railways | #Railnatter 297
It's a delight to say we welcome back Justin Roczniak of @wtyppod fame as we sift through some local, national and international news and try to work out: WHAT IS GOING ON? Support #Railnatter at…
Can the Greens win the Gorton & Denton by-election? | #Railnatter 296
This one's important. If the Greens win, it will end Starmer's short stint as PM and - as importantly - show that Reform are NOT the default winners at the next general election. But can they do…
Why the British rail industry is SO complicated | #Railnatter 295
I'm joined by not one, not two but THREE guests tonight, as fellow rail industry employees Georgia Haslam, Kostas Kuklys and Katie Williams help demystify the immensely complicated British railway…
Here's how HS2 gives Birmingham a metro system | #Railnatter 294
I've been teasing this one for ages, but we are finally looking at how HS2 gives Birmingham and the West Midlands a metro system, and what its wider suburban railway network COULD look like... Plus…
The trans woman who gave us model railways | #Railnatter 293
Have you heard of Lillian "Curly" Lawrence? Get comfy for a story of genius, wit, charm and tragedy - and of a transgender woman who shaped the model railway scene perhaps more than any other…
Here's how the Spanish rail crash unfolded | #Railnatter 292
On Sunday, two trains collided near Adamuz in Spain in an appalling, extremely unlikely and hugely tragic crash, which so far has claimed the lives of 40 people. Enough detail has been released that…
What is the actual Northern Powerhouse Rail plan? | #Railnatter 291
Northern Powerhouse Rail has been announced by government, again, and this time what's being proposed is even more nebulous than last time... If we ignore Network North, that is. We dig into the…
The Audenshaw rail crash | #Railnatter 290
On 6 September 2024, a freight train derailed over a bridge in Audenshaw in Greater Manchester. At the end of 2025, the RAIB published their report into the crash, looking in detail at the sequence…
Structural collapse, and what to do about it | #Railnatter 289
We've reached the end of 2025! It's been an extremely difficult year across the board, with some points of light dotted around for nourishment, but I wanted to end with some hope. Also with a bridge…
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