September 2004
Rail 497: A ‘Revolution’ that leaves the railway in the red
The Prime Minister’s brief appearance at the launch of the WCML Pendolino service could be a sign of his exasperation ...
Public opinion favours renationalisation
It is not surprising that polls show that most people would like the railways to be renationalised. The privatisation of ...
Rail 496: How the Curse of the SRA claimed two high casualties
The government set up the SRA as a quasi-independent body, but whenever its chairmen tried to exercise that independence, they ...
Sir Alastair Morton
Sir Alastair Morton, who has died of a heart attack at the age of 66, was the man who got ...
Rail 495: The franchise merry-go-round
So the merry go round continues. FirstGroup is awarded the Scotrail franchise although it was not deemed good enough to ...
Success at last
I nearly did not write this column. It was just too bad. There are so many ways of failing at ...
Government dithering means local authorities should take charge of rail schemes
What is it about this government and making decisions? Four weighty reports plopped onto my desk before the summer recess ...
Pendolinos and Voyagers may prove to be one of privatisation’s disasters
I happened to jump on a Pendolino train at Watford the other day and what a ghastly experience it was ...