#Railnatter
Hosted by Gareth Dennis · Gareth Dennis
4.7from 83 ratings
- 326
- Episodes
- 110
- Transcribed
- 83
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About #Railnatter
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.
- Publisher
- Gareth Dennis
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Mar 2020
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
110 of 326 episodes have a transcript.
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Metro System Leeds Really Needs | #Railnatter 325
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The GB Rolling Stock Strategy Misses The Mark | #Railnatter 324
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Treasury Broke Britain: The History of PFI (Part 1) | #Railnatter 323
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The Metro System Leeds Really Needs | #Railnatter 325
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yeah, wouldn't happen over here. Anyway, by this point, trams and light rail, whatever that is, had been dismissed as incapable of moving enough people and providing sufficient land value uplift, with the development corporation favoring a fully segregated automatic rail system with lightweight, small but frequent trains providing high capacity and reduced infrastructure costs. This would initially be on two lines, M1 and M2, that would open in stages. The train fleet contract was signed in October 1996 and preparatory construction started a month later. Tunnelling began in early 1998, and conversion of existing suburban lines into the metro began in 2000, exactly on January 1st, in fact. […]
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- November Kelly
- Jo Grew
- MikeWillSee
- Chris Brownbill
- Greg Marsden
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 13 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 70 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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