January 2007
Rail 558: Chaos on Brunel’s railway demands a new BR
The state of the Great Western Railway must have Brunel spinning in his grave. It is the operational issues that ...
Gordon Brown must sort out the mess on the trains
Commuters in the South East can be excused for feeling bemused at the coverage given to passengers in Bristol complaining ...
Rail 557: Wanted: a mission statement to redefine rail’s role
The railway needs a wider vision of its role in facing the challenges of the 21st century if it is ...
Rail 556: Shed no tears over loss of rail’s high-speed toy
The Eddington report has effectively killed off hopes of 'High Speed 2', claims CHRISTIAN WOLMAR, so the industry should concentrate ...
Tread softly over non radial routes
The most intractable problem in urban transport is how to deal with non-radial journeys. This was apparent at the West ...
Are we ready to move out of the slow lane
We love to moan about the awfulness of our transport system. The roads are full, the trains are late, and ...
On track for growth?
The Eddington report was long awaited. As is all to common with government reports, the deadline slipped and slipped until ...
Conflicting fares policies confuse passengers
It is London’s least-loved New Year ritual: once again, swingeing annual increases in Tube, bus and rail fares have hit ...
Rosco battle reveals rail muddle
The Department for Transport has got in rather a tizzy about the £1bn per year rolling stock leasing business. For ...
Letter from the Islington front line
Perhaps I should not have left my bike out locked to a rather doddery picket fence outside my partner’s house ...