Rail 412: It is time to inquire into the purpose of these inquiries
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 these inquiries achieves.
When there is a railway accident, the politicians and safety authorities are quick ...
Rail 411: Memo to new ministers: early action needed on the railway
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 the ministry mandarins as they ponder the future of the industry under the new administration.
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