Rail magazine 2001
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.
#425 - December 26: Festive tips for a fragmented, dysfunctional railway family
#424 - December 12: SRA and ATOC lack authority over London transit body idea
#423 - November 28: 'Silly Company' was victim of assisted suicide - not murder
#422 - November 14: Dear Richard, welcome to your job, but no compromises
#421 - October 31: We must seize this chance to travel toward railway Nirvana
#420 - October 17: Why Railtrack's fall was a revolution waiting to happen
#419 - October 3: A railway Golden Age that slipped through our fingers
#418 - September 19: Safety should be led by the statistics not the editorials
#417 - September 5: Calm before the anniversary storm for rattled Railtrack
#416 - August 22: Railway class of 2001: must try harder or face expulsion
#415 - August 8: Simplifying the structure is how our railways will recover
#414 - July 25: Déjà vu for the Underground as 'unworkable' PPP goes on
#413 - July 11: Two parallel rail universes - but can they ever meet?
#412 - June 27: It is time to inquire into the purpose of these inquiries
#411 - June 13: Memo to new ministers: early action needed on the railway
#410 - May 30: Railtrack is dead - now let's anoint a real successor
#409 - May 16: A 20-year game of Monopoly that is just one big gamble
#408 - May 2: Central Railway: a big idea that could even be beautiful
#407 - April 18: Two not-so-wise men follow a very bright but illusory star
#406 - April 4: The core question of the rail crisis - what is Railtrack for?
#405 - March 21: SRA has failed to deliver the goods - a real vision for rail
#404 - March 7: A creaking structure badly in need of major rebuilding...
#403 - February 21: Competition is weaving a tangled web on ticket sales
#402 - February 7: Dithering SRA could delegate franchise decisions to judges
#401 - January 24: HSE ignores the interlocking causes of Ladbroke Grove
#400 - January 10: Recovery not on the cards without a national railcard
