January 2008
Cycling boost still not enough
The news that Cycling England, on whose board I sit, will receive £140m over the next three years to boost ...
Rail 583: Network Rail: New year, same old problems for the railway
What a terrible start to the year for the railways! It is difficult to know where to begin as the ...
Rail 582: Bridge bashes could lead to big disaster
Probably the most irritating delays on the railways are those caused by a bridge bash. I was on a Kings ...
Cheap car disaster
The launch of the new cheap car, costing just $2,500, by the Indian firm Tata poses one of those awful ...
Time to get back on track
The real cost of the destruction of British Rail, initiated by John Major's government 15 years ago, is finally emerging ...
Passengers pay price in great railways fiasco
RAIL fares are up again. Amid the chaos of last week, it almost went unreported that most passengers faced the ...
Network Rail overruns highlight underlying flaws
It would be easy to dismiss the rail chaos caused by the engineering overrun at Rugby in the post Xmas ...
Fire and Steam Review by Michael Williams
Christian Wolmar is becoming something of a national treasure these days. Just like Peter Snow at election time or Patrick ...