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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

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Autumn @aughtum.net · 22/09/2026

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.

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 23/09/2026

Tonight 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?

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AngelBunny2204 🏳️‍⚧️ @angelbunny.tgirl.gay · 11/08/2026

Very interesting podcast about an important trans women and her impact on mini trains www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZV...

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Transport for All @transportforall.org.uk · 18/09/2026

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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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 17/09/2026

"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.

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 16/09/2026

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?

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 11/09/2026

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?...

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Why Britain Only Needs ONE Intercity Operator

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 09/09/2026

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.

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 02/09/2026

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!

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 26/08/2026

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?

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the Trainsatlantic podcast @trainsatlantic.uk · 20/08/2026

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.

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 21/08/2026

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.

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 19/08/2026

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!

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 14/08/2026

it's very interesting that "@LordPeterHendy" has deleted his twitter account this past week

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 13/08/2026

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!

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 05/08/2026

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.

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 05/08/2026

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

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 22/07/2026

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?

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Sam Jessup @samjessupdesign.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

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 👏👍

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Paul Tattam @paultattam.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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...

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Michael C @mikewillsee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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...

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Labour’s rail promises versus reality | #Railnatter 311

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Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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

West Yorkshire Railplan 2 : Metro-Train : July 1990 : West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority : Metro : West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive : British Rail Provincial : Leeds : 1990. The second of the Railplan's for West Yorkshire issued in July 1990 and that looked at the delivery of Railplan 1 produced in 1989. It was produced by "Metro", the arm of the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority, the body that helped plan and coordinate transport planning; these functions survived the break up of the Metropolitan County Council and the privatisation of the directly operated bus services via the PTE and are now part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority's scope of works.

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 24/06/2026

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.

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 14/05/2026

Want to get your @railnatter.uk fix while I'm away on pat leave (returning 24 June)? Then look no further than the BABYCAST, giving you regular bite-sized audio updates from the world of transport, politics, technology and of course: nappy changes 🚼

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Tom Pain @tompain.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

seems as NPR never saw my ep on @railnatter.uk

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 02/05/2026

IT'S OFFICIAL. @railnatter.uk is now available as a video podcast on Spotify as well as the usual YouTube fun - all those other commercial podcasts pivoting to video? We've got you beat. Watch/listen to the latest episode, BRITAIN'S BROKEN SUBURBS, here: open.spotify.com/episode/7n4E...

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 21/04/2026

If anyone wants to know the GRIM story of what happened here, we covered it for @railnatter.uk 170: www.youtube.com/live/F9a9fK4...

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#RailNatter | Episode 170: What went wrong at the National College for High Speed Rail?

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

A great @railnatter.uk about the things that need to change in the way the UK runs major infrastructure projects. Instead of boom-and-bust, attention-grabbing projects, it needs to instead run rolling programmes of work, and a plan for the future. www.youtube.com/live/ERRlmtB...

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The Secret to Fixing Britain's Railways | #Railnatter 305

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Failure To Launch Podcast @failuretolaunch.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

New episode! We're joined by @garethdennis.uk of the @railnatter.uk to talk all about the intersection of trains and rockets. Or try to. We got into some weird space stories that are train-related. open.spotify.com/episode/7JXB...

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NASA Railroad & Soyuz City (w. Gareth Dennis)

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jonowee @jonowee.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Took me too long to realise why RTX branding suck so much. Raytheon I will always deadname, they stole the good part from United Technologies. Raytheon spunoff off all of United's peaceful civilian companies? Via @railnatter.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SJ5...

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The company that built tilting trains AND solid rocket boosters

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Jack Mellor 💚🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @jackmellor.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

One of the best things the lovely folks at #Railnatter have done yet @garethdennis.uk talks to @maryameslamdoust.bsky.social of @tssaunion.bsky.social about Great British Railways and rail nationalisation, the cost of living crisis and Iran youtu.be/YC7qo4TBiHg?...

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Talking GBR, cost of living and Iran with TSSA’s Maryam Eslamdoust | #Railnatter 301

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 25/03/2026

Tonight, I interview Maryam Eslamdoust, general secretary of @tssa.bsky.social - we talk union saturation, Iran and the cost of living, rail reform and GBR, and violence against transport workers. A @railnatter.uk not to be missed!

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 07/03/2026

Remember that time when @bigmoodenergy.bsky.social talked about goofy US gadgetbahns from the last century for a @railnatter.uk... Here's one of my favourite examples - URBMOBILE! youtu.be/nTqTD_mkdQU

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Did Musk's Boring Company just copy the 1967 Urbmobile?

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 02/03/2026

Sometimes a @railnatter.uk clip comes with bonus extras... youtu.be/Jo-2YlIR87Q

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What happens when a train hits a nuclear flask

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Mr Hounsell @hounsell.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

So @railnatter.uk has posted a MUST watch video for all transport bureaucrats. Make the slow bits faster -- how fixing 1 mi of track can save the same amount of time as improving 20 mi of track. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXsv...

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The BEST way to speed up trains

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 22/02/2026

the clips of old natters continue to pile up...

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 22/02/2026

Sometimes when you want to talk about railways, you also have to talk about the time an entire country became a meat-grinder for Nazis in a way that doesn't really get its dues in the history books... youtu.be/iAAnJJbixPM

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Without them, WW2 would have lasted years longer

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Manchester Green Party 🟩 @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Thanks to @garethdennis.uk for this great podcast 👀

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Katie Fenn @katiefenn.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Tonight's @railnatter.uk has been about the public transport connectivity of Gorton and Denton, and what the Greens can do to improve it. Worth a watch! (cc: @zackpolanski.bsky.social @greens4hs2.bsky.social) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAIk...

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Can the Greens win the Gorton & Denton by-election? | #Railnatter 296

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Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith @samsterby.com · 17/02/2026

Woop woop!

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Politics London discussing driverless taxis casually referring to “jaywalking pedestrians”. Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law. Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.

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Podcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Look, it's only wage arbitrage with the Phillipines *some* of the time and isnt this fake jetsons car definitely worth plowing over some children and snarling traffic in medieval streets worth it?

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#Railnatter podcast @railnatter.uk · 17/02/2026

Tomorrow night's #Railnatter is a biggie - given the criticality of the Gorton and Denton by-election, we'll be diving into one of the big issues that matters for local folk: TRANSPORT, and how far off good it is on this side of Manchester. Watch LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAIk...

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