Christian Wolmar

With his increasingly intemperate public statements, Railtrack Chief Executive Stephen Marshall is concentrating on winning a better deal for his shareholders at the expense of his ‘day job’ of helping run a railway, argues CHRISTIAN WOLMAR. And, as is traditional at this time of year, ‘Mystic Wolmar’ also pores over his crystal ball to make four forecasts for 2002. Oh dear. When we all thought it couldn’t get worse, it does. The ...

By opposing the concept of a publicly accountable transit authority for London, the SRA is again demonstrating its lack of political savvy, contends CHRISTIAN WOLMAR, who also berates the increasing complexity of the modern railway structure. At the end of November, I chaired a conference on rail in London at which the concept of a transit authority for the capital was formally launched by Transport for London, the Mayor’s transport arm. ...