Christian Wolmar

The news that the lobbying group for aviation, Flying Matters, which lobbied for the idea of 'freedom to fly' is to close down at the end of the month suggests it is not only the rail industry that has problems with projecting a unified front to the outside world. Apparently Freedom to Fly's demise has been caused by a dispute between EasyJet and Virgin over the putative plane tax, but ...

I have a dream.  I have a dream that one day the railways will be an efficient and cost effective system of transport run by people who care about the passengers it serves.  In theory it should not be too difficult to make this come true, but in reality the obstacles which range from political indecision to ridiculous European rules, appear insuperable. One of the key barriers is the structure of ...