Rail
magazine 2000
Christian Wolmar has been writing a fortnightly column for RAIL magazine since September 1995 and this archive has columns stretching back to 2000. Future RAIL columns will go online a few days after publication.
RAIL magazine is Britain's biggest-selling modern railways magazine, giving comprehensive news coverage for the industry. Over 25,000 copies are sold every fortnight.
#399 - December 27: This
crisis won't be calmed simply by soothing words
#398 - December 13: No one - and everyone -
to blame for rail's 'Troubles'
#397 - November 29: Gerald jumped before he
was pushed back into the abyss
#396 - November 15: Available soon
#395 - November 1: It would be madness to set
this flawed system in stone
#394 - October 18: Cool heads should outweigh
emotions in the ATP debate
#393 - October 4: Will the fuel furore
backfire on rail investment plans?
#392 - September 20: Industry,
Whitehall and courts must act to vanquish vandals
#391 - September 6: Two-nil to the
incumbents, but the game has just started
#390 - August 23: Rail must offer
all-inclusive package for a new century
#389 - August 9: A fabulous pot of gold at
the end of the railway's rainbow
#388 - July 26: SRA must have a destination
before starting the journey
#387 - July 12: SRA finally exerts muscle for
the good of Britain's railfreight
#386 - June 28: Heads, the private operators
win; tails, the taxpayer loses
#385 - June 14: The summit of pointlessness
predictability and poor timing
#384 - May 31: Available soon
#383 - May 17: The railway should hang on to
its land of hope for the future
