Christian Wolmar

The palace coup at Transport for London which resulted in the angry departure of Bob Kiley threw a light on the internal workings of that mammoth organisation and raises important questions about its future.
In many respects, Kiley had outlived his usefulness. There is no doubt he has served Ken Livingstone, and indeed London, well, Melding [...]

With the publication of its strategy for the South West , CHRISTIAN WOLMAR applauds the broader vision of the railway that is being championed by a newly self-confident Network Rail.
Network Rail is growing up. That was apparent from the first of the cumbersomely named Route Utilisation Studies, for which the company has taken over responsibility [...]

One of the things that always made me dubious about Tony Blair’s pro-European credentials was his total failure to consider the issue of the clock change which leaves us out of kilter with most of Europe. As the nights get ever shorter as we approach the Winter solstice, the craziness of our habit of putting [...]

What is Alistair Darling playing at? The transport secretary gave a widely trailed speech yesterday confirming that airport style scanners would be installed for a trial period at Paddington station to check rail passengers using the premium rate Heathrow Express service.
In the speech, Darling admitted that it was impossible to check all the 3 [...]

Britain is so far down the line in rail privatisation that many believe it has nothing to learn from Europe. In fact, as CHRISTIAN WOLMAR points out, Johnny Foreigner could teach the UK a trick or two.
Nearly ten years after the start of UK rail privatisation, no European railway has undertaken a railway restructuring as [...]

London has suddenly become a cycling city. As the recently issued statistics show, in the space of just five years, the number of cyclists on central London streets has doubled and the growth seems set to continue. Indeed, as I ride around London I am struck by the volume and diversity of cyclists ranging from [...]