Lord Cullen’s Ladbroke Grove inquiry report is well-written and admirably detailed but has major omissions - and, argues CHRISTIAN WOLMAR, raises serious questions about the purpose of such high-profile investigations into railway accidents.
As the collection of thick accident reports on my bookshelf grows ever longer, it is time to question exactly what the process of [...]
Archive of June, 2001
Page 1 of 11
It’s the day after the general election and an extract from a memo to incoming transport ministers sent by Sir Richard Mottram, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions, has been ‘accidentally’ e-mailed to RAIL. CHRISTIAN WOLMAR shares with readers the exclusive insights which the memo provides into the minds of [...]
Page 1 of 11