Christian Wolmar newsletter March 24: New book, ride on Normandy beaches and a walk round London stations

Christian Wolmar newsletter March 24: New book, ride on Normandy beaches and a walk round London stations

Dear subscriber Such a long delay since the last newsletter, and therefore so much to say. First, I have sent ...
Rail 1003: The HS2 black hole and hyped to oblivion

Rail 1003: The HS2 black hole and hyped to oblivion

I’ve seen many damning reports by various Parliamentary committees and agencies such as the National Audit Office over the years, ...
Rail 1002: The fares fiasco just got worse

Rail 1002: The fares fiasco just got worse

There are times when I need three or four columns to adequately comment on what is happening in the rail ...
Write away - the story of my books

Write away – the story of my books

I have written more than a dozen books on the railways. And unusually among railway authors, I make my living ...
Rail 1001: What Labour should and should not do

Rail 1001: What Labour should and should not do

The draft rail reform bill seems to have been stuck in the wastes of Whitehall. The Transport Secretary Mark Harper ...
Rail 1000: a look at a quarter of a century of Rail columns

Rail 1000: a look at a quarter of a century of Rail columns

Unlike some of the contributors to this momentous issue, I was not there at the beginning but I have written ...
The failure of the Channel Tunnel

The failure of the Channel Tunnel

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the opening of the Channel tunnel, Britain’s first fixed connection to the European ...
Rail 999: The failure of Eurotunnel and Mystic Wolmar tries again

Rail 999: The failure of Eurotunnel and Mystic Wolmar tries again

It is 30 years since I had a chat with John Major in the bowels of a freight Shuttle hurtling ...
Rail 998: Great British Railways is a lost cause

Rail 998: Great British Railways is a lost cause

  It has been clear for a long time that the proposed legislation for the railways which would formally create ...
Driverless cars really are on a road to nowhere

Driverless cars really are on a road to nowhere

Developing driverless cars has been AI’s greatest test. And it has failed miserably, despite the expenditure of tens of billions ...
Letter to The Times: BR offers the right model

Letter to The Times: BR offers the right model

A small correction to Emma Duncan’s apposite and timely piece on the railways (Comment, December 2). British Rail was not ...
Rail 997: Deutsche Bahn is still great despite failings

Rail 997: Deutsche Bahn is still great despite failings

Needing to go to Munich to record a TV interview, I decided to go by train, Munich, at the southern ...
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