Gareth Dennis

Rail engineer and writer. Hosts @Railnatter and @_Trainsatlantic. HOW THE RAILWAYS WILL FIX THE FUTURE available everywhere. He/him.

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

We won't be looking specifically at Bedford tonight (there's little more to say than what the RAIB covered today), but if you're interested in the mechanics of and investigations into serious rail crashes between two trains then this is well worth tuning into.

[#Railnatter podcast @Railnatter]

Tonight, we are looking in detail at the @raibgovuk 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.

[Philip Haigh @philatrail]

There’s merch too…

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@philatrail JEALOUS

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@grahammanley no no that's the other grumpy radio oaf

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

The kids die, Nick. That's how. Rates of heat-related child mortality are much higher in hotter countries.

[LBC @LBC]

"How do they manage in Africa and India?"

@NickFerrariLBC is fed up with everything shutting down when it gets too hot.

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@PinstripeBungle yikes

[Ｌｕｔｏｎ Ｅｙｅ @LutonEye]

All the Bedford train crash carriages now removed from the track. Images from @masekwm

[November @postoctobrist]

if you have coworkers who are willing to pretend to be transphobic and then split the payout with you then having a public sector job as a trans woman in Britain is now the infinite money glitch

[yoshimi battles video game addiction @nise_yoshimi]

the USSR as a single flimsy piece of tape preventing the end of the world is what really makes this metaphor shine

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@MetalAsFork @AlBuHarg @yungadult68 @MrBenSellers shut up

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@BrixtonHatter @raibgovuk We can't know any of that yet.

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

.@raibgovuk have released their initial findings regarding the Elstow (Bedford) rail crash: https://t.co/BAfkjxwoLV

[India Willoughby @IndiaWilloughby]

Britain is fucked. NHS pays £190,000 to five grifting transphobic bullies, represented by the anti-women’s rights front Christian Concern.

Say it how it is.

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@mrbcrowe @roodave @raibgovuk We can tweak risk assessment thresholds based on driver workload etc though - eg when coming out of stations or just after junctions etc

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

"We need to make sure that Greater Manchester has their first Green mayor, as Geraldine Coggins will prioritise social and affordable housing over developer profits and luxury developments."

Co-Deputy Leader Rachel Millward on why you should vote for Geraldine Coggins for Greater Manchester Mayor after speaking at a cross-party conference on housing in Manchester.

[Aaron Newbury @AJNewbury94]

To commemorate this historic day.

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

The Green Party is calling for a maximum workplace temperature to be introduced.

Currently there is no legal limit on what temperate an employee can force you to work in. As the climate crisis deepens, the workers who keep this country going need to be protected.

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@NigelHa83789713 @philatrail that's tonight's #Railnatter

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@davie_lindsay @philatrail well that will come out in the investigation - it depends whether it would have applied the brakes earlier than the driver did, but we can't know that yet I don't think

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@ShumBaloo I'm blocking you instantly

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@CraigTheTrain @roodave @raibgovuk And with traffic so much higher than it was in 1990, that risk clearly isn't insignificant.

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@CraigTheTrain @roodave @raibgovuk Auto signals, so ones that are just splitting up sections into blocks, generally don't have TPWS protection on the basis that the risk was very minor compared to the 95% of risks that TPWS eliminated. The trouble with eliminating them is that the remaining 5% becomes 100%.