December 2004

Rail 503: Privatisation’s union-bashing agenda has backfired

Rail 503: Privatisation’s union-bashing agenda has backfired

An unspoken aim of privatisation was to curb the power of the unions, but instead it has strengthened the hand ...
Strikes, strkes and more strikes

Strikes, strkes and more strikes

Strikes, strikes and more strikes. That seems to be the only consistent feature of the service provided by London Underground ...
New timetable has mixed feelings on SWT

New timetable has mixed feelings on SWT

The reaction from passengers to the new train timetable, which has particularly affected commuters on the South West Trains network ...
Radio fiasco on the Northern shows what's wrong with the PPP

Radio fiasco on the Northern shows what’s wrong with the PPP

Passengers struggling with overcrowded trains and delays on the Northern line due to the defective radio system will find it ...
Rail 502: Review comes in with a bang but out with a whimper

Rail 502: Review comes in with a bang but out with a whimper

The Railways Bill fails to tackle the real questions at the core of the privatised industry. CHRISTIAN WOLMAR believes the ...
Livingstone dared and won on the congestion charge

Livingstone dared and won on the congestion charge

I have been doing a piece of research on congestion charging which has involved looking back at the history of ...
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