October 2001

Rail 421: We must seize this chance to travel toward railway Nirvana

Rail 421: We must seize this chance to travel toward railway Nirvana

After analysing the reasons for the collapse of Railtrack in RAIL 420, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR urges the industry to put the ...
The life and death of Railtrack

The life and death of Railtrack

The British government has dismayed private investors by seizing control of the company set up in 1996 to own Britain’s ...
Rail 420: Why Railtrack's fall was a revolution waiting to happen

Rail 420: Why Railtrack’s fall was a revolution waiting to happen

The revolutionaries have triumphed over the evolutionists in the battle over the future structure of the railway industry. CHRISTIAN WOLMAR, ...
Rail 419: A railway Golden Age that slipped through our fingers

Rail 419: A railway Golden Age that slipped through our fingers

The publication of the Government’s Transport White Paper and its tenyear plan seemed set to usher in a new railway ...
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