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Gareth Dennis

Join railway engineer and writer Gareth Dennis plus a wide range of guests on his semi-topical weekly talk show about all things rail... This podcast is uploaded after the live (or live-ish) show has finished on YouTube at 8pm (UK time) on Wednesdays.

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The Secret To Fixing York's Traffic Problems | #Railnatter 285

York is broken - traffic is knackered and the city, with its wonderful medieval core and r... more

03 Dec 2025

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03 Dec 2025

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Melbourne’s trains - with Chris Brownbill | #Railnatter 284

Chris Brownbill (https://railmaps.com.au/) has taken over! With Melbourne's Metro Tunnel -... more

26 Nov 2025

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26 Nov 2025

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The PWI has to change its name | #Railnatter 283

It's time for the PWI (the Permanent Way Institution) - my beloved professional institutio... more

19 Nov 2025

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19 Nov 2025

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The man who destroyed Britain's buses | #Railnatter 282

We need a laugh (?) so this week we are going through a report written by Professor John H... more

12 Nov 2025

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12 Nov 2025

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Everything you need to know about the Railways Bill | #Railnatter 281

Yesterday, the UK Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander deposited the Railways ... more

05 Nov 2025

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05 Nov 2025

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The real reason HS2 died | #Railnatter 280

Back in June the Stewart Review suggested a series of reasons why Britain's embryonic dome... more

29 Oct 2025

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29 Oct 2025

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British airports that have got to go | #Railnatter 279

You've been asking for this one for a long time - YES, the airports episode is finally her... more

22 Oct 2025

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22 Oct 2025

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The city that’s choking itself to death | #Railnatter 278

A city I love and have travelled to many times for a decade now - Belgrade is a melting po... more

15 Oct 2025

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15 Oct 2025

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How British Rail gave us the USA’s newest high speed train | #Railnatter 277

Following a wee hiatus from host knackeredness syndrome, we're back! And we're returning t... more

08 Oct 2025

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08 Oct 2025

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The five reasons UK transport fails disabled people | #Railnatter 276

In the second of our episodes focusing on disabled travel, we look at NCAT's latest report... more

17 Sep 2025

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17 Sep 2025

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This campaign made railways better for everyone | #Railnatter 275

With ScotRail announcing that their new fleet procurement will include level "access" as w... more

10 Sep 2025

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10 Sep 2025

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10 new railways to fix Devon and Cornwall | #Railnatter 274

We're back! And we're doing some classic network analysis, this time for Devon and Cornwal... more

03 Sep 2025

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03 Sep 2025

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How to build your own train simulator | #Railnatter 273

We're joined by Daisy from newly-formed ProCab Simulators as she tells us the tale of taki... more

13 Aug 2025

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13 Aug 2025

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An engineer's tour of the Railway Museum's New Hall | #Railnatter 272

My visit to the New Hall at Locomotion in Shildon is FINALLY WITH YOU. See why I think thi... more

06 Aug 2025

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06 Aug 2025

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Australia's surprising rail transformation story - with Chris Brownbill | #Railnatter 271

It's the second half of our chat with the wonderful Chris Brownbill, and this time we are ... more

23 Jul 2025

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23 Jul 2025

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This Scottish town is a nightmare | #Railnatter 270

One of the most severely and regularly gridlocked regional bottlenecks in Scotland sits sl... more

16 Jul 2025

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16 Jul 2025

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Railways we desperately need, cancelled in favour of roads | #Railnatter 269

The Department for Transport has published the list of projects that it is progressing, an... more

09 Jul 2025

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09 Jul 2025

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How North Wales will demolish car dependency | #Railnatter 268

Transport for Wales recently released their plan for a public transport network for North ... more

02 Jul 2025

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02 Jul 2025

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Why the UK economy will continue to fail | #Railnatter 267

A couple of major things to cover this week that will set the direction of the UK economy ... more

25 Jun 2025

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25 Jun 2025

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Russia's railways WERE the best in the world - with Milo Edwards | #Railnatter 266

Readers of The Book will know that, pre-hot war (we'll get there), Russia's railways were ... more

18 Jun 2025

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18 Jun 2025

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A history of Australia’s railways - with Chris Brownbill | #Railnatter 265

Chris Brownbill (https://railmaps.com.au/) joins us this week to take us on a quick jaunt ... more

11 Jun 2025

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11 Jun 2025

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Burnham is key to northern high speed rail network | #Railnatter 264

This week we are looking at the proposals of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway Board, the c... more

04 Jun 2025

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49:50

04 Jun 2025

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The cases for and against open access rail operators | #Railnatter 263

The role of open access operations - you know: Hull Trains, Grand Central, Lumo, Go-Op - i... more

28 May 2025

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28 May 2025

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Driverless Cars Are Pointless - with Victoria Scott | #Railnatter 261

The wonderful, erudite and incisive Victoria Scott - that's right, my <a href='https://stu... more

21 May 2025

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21 May 2025

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How not to do feasibility studies | #Railnatter 261

We're looking at the proposals for a new line connecting the North Wales Main Line and the... more

14 May 2025

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