August 2006
Rail 547: Rail should seize the moment
It’s been a glorious August for the railways as terrorism fears have made airline travel a nightmare. But why, asks ...
Gridlocked nation
One thing is sure as we approach the big Bank Holiday weekend. Today, tomorrow and especially during the weekend, thousands ...
GNER debacle marks the end of an era
It is, as Rail magazine put it wittily, the end of a GNera. The widely expected demise of the GNER ...
Rail 546: The Billy Bunters of Railway School must try even harder
In his annual summer-term report on the pupils of Railway School, headmaster CHRISTIAN WOLMAR praises improved performance but finds there ...
Should speed limits be reduced? Yes!
Speed kills. It is as simple as that. For every 1 mph increase in speed, the number of accidents rise ...
Rail 545: The Tories are back in town with tough questions on rail
There’s a delicious irony about a Labour government defending a privatised rail system which the Tories admit they got wrong ...
A whistlestop tour of polemic
On the Wrong Line Review Christian Wolmar’s work on railways is well-known: he is a prolific journalist and author. He ...
Breaking the car habit
Car Sick, solutions for our car-addicted culture, Lynn Sloman, Green Books, £10.95. Post war transport policy of both main political ...
Letter from Easter Island
Easter Island is the most remote place on the earth, 2500 miles from Santiago in Chile. The nearest other speck ...