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#RailNatter Episode 181: The Belgrade-Bar railway, Užice to Kolašin

It's the second of a three-part odyssey through the former Yugoslavia, following one of the world's most scenic railways from Belgrade in present-day Serbia to Bar in present-day Montenegro.
We're truly nestled in the heart of the mountains in western Serbia at this point, and indeed we take a wee trip into Bosnia before eventually ending up in Montenegro... This time we journey from Užice to Kolašin.
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#RailNatter Episode 180: Ban Private Jets, Make The World Better

I'm very pleased this week to have been joined by Hannah Lawrence from Stay Grounded, talking about the legitimacy of flying, the inequality of flying, and campaigning against the worst excesses of aviation.
There will be infographics galore! It's a great episode!
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#RailNatter Episode 179: The Belgrade-Bar railway, Belgrade to Užice

It's the first of a three-part odyssey through the former Yugoslavia, following one of the world's most scenic railways from Belgrade in present-day Serbia to Bar in present-day Montenegro.
This is the first three hours of the trip, distilled down by an enormous factor into a... one hour episode. We get from Belgrade to Užice.
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#RailNatter Episode 178: How do you build a modern train simulator game?

This week, we're joined by two of the Dovetail Games team to talk all things train simulation... Matt Peddlesden (executive producer) and Joseph Rogers (brand manager for Train Sim World, WSR volunteer) will take us on an odyssey of discovery on how you research, develop and expand train simulation games!
Join me and the Dovetail Games crew LIVE on Wednesday at 7pm to ask your questions!
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#RailNatter Episode 177: Are any of the ”new” HS2 eastern leg options good?

HS2 has, once again, been in the news, now that the Infrastructure Projects Authority (not beer related) has said the project may be unachievable, which won't be news to viewers of course. Anyway, government has responded to the Transport Select Committee's IRP report, and several Yorkshire councils have published their proposals for getting HS2 trains up to Leeds and the North East.
Basically, a bit of an HS2 update is required, so join LIVE on Wednesday at 7pm to get involved!
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#RailNatter Episode 176: A Week In The Life Of A Railway Managing Director

This week #RailNatter is joined by the managing director of ScotRail - or rather, of Scotland's Railway, the alliance of organisations that run rail services in Scotland. That's right - Alex Hynes is joining us to talk about the direction that Scotland's railways are going in, balancing the needs of policymakers and operations, and what exactly the current structure of Scottish railway operations is.
Join LIVE on Wednesday at 7pm.
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#RailNatter Episode 175: Dave Grohl Takes The Train (and other news stories)

It's a news episode, and there's so much to catch up on... more HS2 mess, bad on-demand buses, the continuing demise of Translohr, the dreadful Odisha train crash in India, diminishing pay across the GB rail industry, and so much more.
Join LIVE on Wednesday at 7pm.
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#RailNatter Episode 174: How to make railway fandom a bit more inclusive

We've the delight this week of being joined by Emily Turner of  @roundelroundwego  to talk about railway and transport fandom, what it is, how some of its tropes can be off-putting, and how making it more inclusive is a bonus for everyone involved... Including industry itself.
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