February 2011

THE people of the Chilterns are unlikely rebels yet they are furious about the plan to build a high-speed rail ...

So farewell Wrexham & Shropshire.   It was a lovely idea, but in truth as doomed as Romeo’s efforts with Juliet, ...

I don't want to reopen all the wounds over the HS2 issue, but speaking at the StopH2 conference attended by ...

A day spent on Southern and Southeastern trains filming with Richard Wilson for Despatches was instructive in showing how the ...

The word ‘consultation’ fills me with dread. Governments have a legal duty to ‘consult’ or otherwise they face a judicial ...

When I arrived in Coventry yesterday, there were no taxis to be had, but weirdly lots of black cabs parked ...

In a recent letter to The Times (which was reprinted in Rail 659), Theresa Villiers, the rail minister argued  that ...

Interesting contrast on two journeys recently. On East Coast, a very friendly conductor asked me for my Senior Railcard - ...

Exhibition Road in South Kensington has always been a bit special. It was the first road in Britain to have ...

Frank Binder, Sown with Corn, Farthings Publishing, £12 99, 412 pages Christian Wolmar We all know the story of Hitler’s ...