This cheap fix will SOLVE rural travel | #Railnatter 304

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential of a Swiss taktfahrplan to improve rural and regional transport in Britain.

Can the adoption of a Swiss taktfahrplan provide a blueprint for rural and regional transport in Britain?This is the question we'll be asking tonight, as we dig into the plans for the Hope Valley transport integration demonstrator, what £6M is paying for, and whether it can work. We'll also ask: what is a taktfahrplan? Why do these sorts of timetables matter and how would they fix things in the UK?Read the Hope Valley takt report: https://hopevalleyclimateaction.org.uk/plans-published-for-mini-switzerland-a-national-demonstrator-to-transform-rural-public-transport/Support #Railnatter at https://patreon.com/garethdennis. Merch at https://merch.railnatter.uk. Join in the discussion at https://discord.railnatter.uk. You can also buy my book #HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture: https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways

People in this episode

Host: Gareth Dennis

Topics covered

• rural transport
• taktfahrplan
• transport integration
• Hope Valley
• regional transport
• public transport

Keywords

• taktfahrplan
• rural travel
• transport integration
• Hope Valley
• public transport
• UK transport

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hope Valley Climate Action

Books & works: #HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture

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