March 2007
Gordon Brown will give go ahead to crossrail
Gordon Brown has been largely silent on transport and therefore it is very difficult to assess what he is likely ...
Rail 562: Department should not be running the railway
This is one of those weeks when I wish I had three or four times as much space, as so ...
Railways face good and bad times
The plan to introduce a thousand extra carriages on the railway announced recently by Douglas Alexander, the transport secretary, highlights ...
Profit motive means wasted assets
The Channel Tunnel is a sadly wasted asset. Far from being a vital transport link with Europe, its relative unimportance ...
Rail 561: Grayrigg: some cause for concern
The long term consequences of the Grayrigg train derailment will not be as serious as those of previous rail crashes ...
Congestion charge needs courage
The 1.8 million signatures on the recent road pricing petition is the least of the problems facing supporters of the ...
Turning up the heat
I used to think that climate change would only affect my yet to be born grandchildren, so I didn’t bother ...
Letter from the studios
I have received a lot of comments through the website on the recent Cumbria train accident and, in particular, on ...