Britain's
leading transport commentator.
This website provides an archive of my transport columns and other contributions to the public debate. I write regular columns for Rail magazine and Transport Times, as well as occasional articles for several newspapers including the Evening Standard, The Independent, the Guardian and the Yorkshire Post. I also appear regularly as a commentator on television and radio.
"Our most eminent transport journalist, Christian Wolmar" Rod Liddle, Spectator, April 27 2007
I write a blog called 'Christian Says' for website visitors, which covers a variety of latest topics, whilst you can also read about my books and learn of my forthcoming speaking engagements.
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National Transport Awards
Christian Wolmar was named Transport Journalist of the Year 2007 in the National Transport Awards on 17th July 2007. It was for the TV and radio work Christian did in the immediate aftermath of the Cumbria train accident in February when he helped to allay fears about the risks of rail travel.
About Christian
Christian Wolmar has spent nearly all of his working life as a journalist and has become one of the UK's leading commentators on transport matters, broadcasting frequently on both radio and TV.
Christian was named Transport Journalist of the Year in the 2007 National Transport Awards and is the author of a number of books inlcuding, most recently, Fire and Steam, a history of the railways in Britain, and The Subterranean Railway, the story of the London Underground. Read Christian's biography
10 Questions to Christian Wolmar
Two things are needed. Firstly, leadership, oth at national and local level. We need cycling champions and Ministers prepared to say 'cycling is great', ad not to go on about the dangers but just to say 'this is excellent in terms of transport, environment, education and health'.
Being made transport correspondent for The Independent in 1992. The early '90s were the most exciting time in transport because the railways were about to be privatised. The anti-road building protests ended up changing government policy.
Sometimes. I think reason thicket holders don't do that badly, and people using saver tickets and booking in advance do well. However, the real problem is with remaining travellers who have to buy a ticket straight away and travel at peak time. They are really getting fleeced.
Writing a book called 'Down the Tube' in 2003 about the Public Private Partnership (PPP) on the London Underground - and trying to make it accessible to people - was the most difficult journalistic thing I have ever had to do.
1999 - 2005 BBC Online BBC Interviews
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