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#RailNatter Episode 113: The Carmont derailment (a deep dive into the final report) 4 May 11, 2022

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CRASHWORTHINESS AND CONCLUSIONS

The RAIB report from the Carmont rail crash has been released, and just as we worked our way through the interim report, this week's #RailNatter is taking a detailed look at the final report.

What exactly happened that fateful day? What can we learn? What should we do to avoid it happening again?

This is the fourth and final episode of this miniseries, and will look primarily at the crashworthiness of the High Speed Train and how it turned a significant derailment into a fatal one. We'll end by summarising the findings of the report.

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#RailNatter Episode 112: Network Rail’s modular design for small and medium stations May 04, 2022

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This week's #RailNatter does what it says on the tin... I'll have spent the morning at a press session looking at the new modular station design that Network Rail and the UK Design Council have been developing alongside competition-winning architects 7N.

Will it be successful? Is it any good in the first place? Where might we see the first example being built?

Join LIVE (yes, not a pre-record as previously suggested) at 7pm on Wednesday!

#RailNatter Episode 111: The end of ScotRail’s private life Apr 27, 2022

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This week #RailNatter is joined by Professor Iain Docherty, Dean for the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Stirling and transport policy expert... Who better to tackle the subject of ScotRail's re-nationalisation?

That's right! After exactly 25 years of private operation, ScotRail is back to being an entirely (rather than defacto) state owned and operated railway network. Is it all sunshine and roses, though, or does this mean that the Scottish government will start having to face some spikey home truths?

Tune in LIVE on Wednesday at 7pm to find out!

#RailNatter Episode 110: The Carmont derailment (a deep dive into the final report) 3 Apr 20, 2022

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OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS

The RAIB report from the Carmont rail crash has been released, and just as we worked our way through the interim report, this week's #RailNatter is taking a detailed look at the final report.

What exactly happened that fateful day? What can we learn? What should we do to avoid it happening again?

This is the third episode of this miniseries, and in it we look at a variety of contributing factors that increased the risk of the derailment happening and increased the consequences once it did happen. We'll also look at the condition of the High Speed Train following the derailment.

#RailNatter Episode 109: Catching up on (more) current happenings Apr 13, 2022

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It only took a few weeks, but we've fallen hopelessly behind with The News again, which means we need a catch-up... So #RailNatter shall be filling us in with all the newsworthy stuff that has been going on in the transport and transport-adjacent world!

Join in to share your thoughts, LIVE at the usual time!

#RailNatter Episode 108: The Carmont derailment (a deep dive into the final report) 2 Apr 06, 2022

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CRISIS MANAGEMENT

The RAIB report from the Carmont rail crash has been released, and just as we worked our way through the interim report, this week's #RailNatter is taking a detailed look at the final report.

What exactly happened that fateful day? What can we learn? What should we do to avoid it happening again?

This is the second episode of this miniseries, and covers the failure in crisis management and the broader impacts of climate change that led events to unfold as they did.

#RailNatter Episode 107: Getting involved - and STAYING involved - with transport policy Mar 30, 2022

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For this week's #RailNatter, Harry Burr is joining us to talk about his experiences as a very young sustainable transport policy advocate who has already made waves across the Midlands...

As the founder of Sustainable Transport Midlands, we'll talk about how he got into making policymakers pay attention, how he keeps himself engaged in an industry that can sometimes brush off the inputs of young people, and what he thinks might come next.

Whilst you can tune in live at the usual time, actually you should GO AND WATCH/SUPPORT #RailwayHistoryForUkraine at historyforukraine.co! #RailNatter will be here for you afterwards!

#RailNatter Episode 106: The Carmont derailment (a deep dive into the final report) 1 Mar 23, 2022

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INTRODUCTION AND CDM REGULATIONS

The RAIB report from the Carmont rail crash has been released, and just as we worked our way through the interim report, this week's #RailNatter is taking a detailed look at the final report.

What exactly happened that fateful day? What can we learn? What should we do to avoid it happening again?

In the first of this four-part miniseries, we'll introduce how the crash unfolded. We'll then look in detail at the failure of the drain, and the failure of the assurance processes that failed to spot its inadequacy.

Enjoyed this? Please do consider supporting #RailNatter at https://patreon.com/garethdennis or throw loose change at me via https://paypal.me/garethdennis. Merch is at https://masquette.co.uk/collections/railnatter. Join in the discussion at https://garethdennis.co.uk/discord.

#RailNatter Episode 105: The UK must decentralise power to make public transport better Mar 16, 2022

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This week's #RailNatter is looking for solutions rather than problems, and joining us is friend of the show Jon Stone (the Independent's policy correspondent)... Together we will be exploring why the UK *must* decentralise power to make public transport better!

Do you have thoughts on devolution? Join LIVE (if a little late) to get involved in the discussion!

#RailNatter Episode 104: Why driverless Tube trains will never work Mar 09, 2022

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Seeing as the RMT have been on strike following Grant Shapps' blatant attempt to undermine their bargaining power as part of his deal with Transport for London, it makes sense for this week's #RailNater to unpick one of the commonly repeated myths that the Department for Transport keep referring to: that driverless Tube trains are anything other than a #gadgetbahn fantasy.

It'll be a pretty relaxed and open Q&A session, so bring your thoughts and queries!

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