Rail 862: Review must be radical
Here we go again. A review is in the offing. They may not have the frequency...
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Railways need to be integrated under a Fat Controller
The Fat Controller is the least popular figure in the Thomas the Tank engine stories. Yet... -
Rail 861: Crossrail delay will be forgotten when it opens
I had been expecting an announcement delaying Crossrail for some time. As I am writing a... -
Why Frank Field and Margaret Hodge are wrong
Frank Field and Margaret Hodge are both wrong. Like them, I have had my doubts about... -
Technology is not the only transport future
Transport and technology have long had a symbiotic relationship. Consider, for example, how the development of... -
The great train wreck
A couple of weeks ago I met David Grime and Alan Noble, members of the Lakes... -
Rail 860: An open letter to Andrew Haines, now in the Network Rail hot seat
Dear Andrew, Congratulations on taking on a very difficult job. I am genuinely delighted that... -
Genoa: one off or more to come?
(written for a German language Swiss newspaper, Woz) The Genoa bridge disaster will be the first... -
Safety last on London buses
LAUNCHING Vision Zero last month, Transport for London said it wants to reduce the number of... -
Rail 859: How the Department for Transport messed up the Windermere branch
‘This is the story of how to mess up a branch line’ said Alan Noble of... -
How to get the railways back on track
BARELY a day goes by without another nightmare rail tale. For the third Sunday running, Northern Rail... -
Evening Standard letters: Driverless cars would require unacceptable changes
Catherine Hutt, of Addison Lee, has fallen for the driverless-car hype put out by the tech... -
Rail 858: Things aren’t getting better
Things are getting worse. The railway is haemorrhaging passengers and the train companies, not surprisingly, are... -
Don’t let Trump distract us from the basics
We must get back to basics. The madness of Brexit and the chaos in the Tory... -
Rail 857: Is the Office of Rail and Road really necessary?
Is it time for another Wolmar question since ‘what is franchising for?’ will, I reckon, soon...
