The Woodhead Route and all that's wrong with it | #Railnatter 17

Seeing as trans-Pennine infrastructure was in the news recently, this week's #Railnatter is going to cover THE WOODHEAD ROUTE and why "reopening" it is an idea beloved by nostalgists that isn't rooted in reality. Join me to tell me why I'm wrong - and it's just me this week, so we'll be doing a lot of nattering, no doubt! Enjoyed this? Please do consider supporting #Railnatter at   / garethdennis   or throw loose change at me via https://paypal.me/garethdennis. Merch at https://garethdennis.co.uk/merch. Join in the discussion at https://garethdennis.co.uk/discord. You can also buy my book #HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture: https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways 00:00 Pre-amble 06:10 Opening credits 06:36 More pre-amble 07:07 The News 09:22 Pennine road tunnel 13:48 Hope Valley 15:05 The route today 15:55 Great Central main line 21:32 The Pennines 35:55 What railway remains 40:53 Engineering challenges 45:19 A Woodhead base tunnel? 53:35 New not reopened railways 59:33 Questions 01:08:46 Post-amble 01:13:16 End credits