Christian Wolmar

The real story of the fall of Railtrack was not the Transport Secretary’s ‘murder’ of the company but its senior executives’ tame complicity in its own demise, claims CHRISTIAN WOLMAR
While researching my recent book, Broken Rails, I spoke to countless railway people across the industry, mostly on the record. Most were extremely co-operative, eager to [...]

In an open letter to Richard Bowker, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR urges the new Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority to redraw the structure of the railway with the creation of a handful of regional integrated companies that would be new players in the industry.
Dear Richard…
Congratulations on being installed as the Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority, [...]

Christian Wolmar and Neal Lawson argue that Transport Minister Stephen Byers should be backed not sacked for his handling of the crisis that finally killed off Railtrack
The ferocity of last week’s attacks by Tories over the way Stephen Byers killed off Railtrack is a welcome return to two-party politics, not just following the outbreak of [...]