March 2008

Rail 588: Railway decision making must be devolved

Rail 588: Railway decision making must be devolved

The redoubling of the line between Swindon and Kemble should be one of those no-brainer schemes at the top of ...
Why our railways keep on failing passengers

Why our railways keep on failing passengers

THIS was supposed to be the weekend that Network Rail made up for its disastrous performance of Christmas. Instead, once ...
Dutch thoughts part three

Dutch thoughts part three

Staying in a small town 10 kms from Groningen, I borrowed my host's bike and rode in to town to ...
Transport fails to ignite mayoral debate

Transport fails to ignite mayoral debate

Transport should be the biggest issue in the mayoral election. Not only is it an issue that affects every Londoner ...
Rail 587: Punishment time on the railways - but will it be effective?

Rail 587: Punishment time on the railways – but will it be effective?

It was Dostoyevsky week in the rail industry at the end of February when two companies, Network Rail and First ...
Dutch trip thoughts part one

Dutch trip thoughts part one

I am in Holland for a ten day speaking tour to local groups of the Anglo-Dutch friendship society and I ...
Rail 586: St Pancras mystery deepens

Rail 586: St Pancras mystery deepens

The plot thickens around the waste of space at St Pancras (see Rail 584) and I am now even more ...
The madness of micromanagement

The madness of micromanagement

One of the great ironies of rail privatisation is that the rail industry is under far stricter control from outside ...
Looking for Labour's transport policy

Looking for Labour’s transport policy

Detecting a coherent pattern in the current government’s transport policy is rather like trying to find a free parking space ...
Xmas chaos highlights flaws in rail structure

Xmas chaos highlights flaws in rail structure

Nothing characterises the flawed structure of the rail industry better than the jaunt to Buckingham Palace by the chairman of ...
The best railway books

The best railway books

The literature of railways is more crowded than a morning commuter train into Waterloo. There are more than 25,000 titles ...
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