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Gareth Dennis

The Reframing of Beeching’s Legacy

GARETH DENNIS picks through the pages of Beeching’s infamous Reshaping report to reconsider its legacy.

Mar 10, 2023

The Reframing of Beeching’s Legacy

Mar 10, 2023

Why low rail adhesion still presents a high risk

The Salisbury rail crash resulted from slipping wheels, but why is this still a problem on today’s railway, and what can be done about it…

Apr 7, 2022

Why low rail adhesion still presents a high risk

Apr 7, 2022

Do earthworks fail if trees are removed?

The claim that the removal of trees makes earthwork failure more likely is often made by those opposing tree clearance adjacent to the…

Apr 7, 2022

Do earthworks fail if trees are removed?

Apr 7, 2022

Why aren’t UK hydrogen trains carrying passengers yet?

The race to bring a hydrogen train to the UK market has slowed to a crawl for the same reason blocking conventional electrification: a lack…

Nov 10, 2021

Why aren’t UK hydrogen trains carrying passengers yet?

Nov 10, 2021

When it comes to driverless trains, the numbers don’t add up

As part of their latest emergency funding settlement, Transport for London is being pressured into making driverless Tube trains a reality…

Nov 10, 2021

When it comes to driverless trains, the numbers don’t add up

Nov 10, 2021

The not-so-glamourous origins of standard track gauge

The source of the now familiar 4 foot 8½ inches dimension is often attributed to Romans, wheel ruts and horse’s bottoms, but the real story…

Nov 10, 2021

The not-so-glamourous origins of standard track gauge

Nov 10, 2021

Scottish Greens “go Forth” with bold vision for rail north of the border

GARETH DENNIS interrogates the Scottish Greens’ new “Rail for All” report to see if it holds up to scrutiny…

Mar 17, 2021

Scottish Greens “go Forth” with bold vision for rail north of the border

Mar 17, 2021

Split over HS2 exposes deeper schism within Green Party

Can the party ever move beyond its various legacies and internally competing ideologies?

Feb 11, 2021

Split over HS2 exposes deeper schism within Green Party

Feb 11, 2021

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Is Cambridgeshire’s New Metro All It’s Cracked Up to Be?

If it isn’t autonomous, and it isn’t a metro system, then what exactly is the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro? GARETH DENNIS takes a look…

Jan 12, 2021

Is Cambridgeshire’s New Metro All It’s Cracked Up to Be?

Jan 12, 2021

Has the government just renationalised Britain’s railways?

March 2020 will mark the beginning of the end of franchised railway operations in Britain. GARETH DENNIS lays out his thoughts.

Dec 31, 2020

Has the government just renationalised Britain’s railways?

Dec 31, 2020

Gareth Dennis

Gareth Dennis

Rail engineer and writer. Hosts #RailNatter. Lecturer at PWI/BCRRE. Co-founder of Campaign for Level Boarding. Chair of NEREF. He/him.

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