Rail magazine 2004
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.
#503 - December 22: Privatisation’s union-bashing agenda has backfired
#502 - December 8: Review comes in with a bang but out with a whimper
#501 - November 24: Highway chiefs shirk duties where roads meet rail
#500 - November 10: Why London deserves the lion’s share of rail capital
#499 - October 27: ‘Woe-mar’: ‘WCML is great - just don't let me down!’
#498 - October 13: Could SET set the scene for publicly run Kent franchise?
#497 - September 29: A 'Revolution' that leaves the railway in the red
#496 - September 15: How the Curse of the SRA claimed two high casualties
#495 - September 1: The franchise merry-go-round
#494 - August 18: Class of 2004 is improving - but still must try harder
#493 - August 4: Review couples too much caution with too little clarity
#492 - July 21: Darling's review: change here for a simpler railway system
#491 - July 7: Rail the loser as bosses play 'let's pretend' game
#490 - June 23: Darling won't put weedkiller on nettle strangling railway
#489 - June 9: Winsorworld... we're the fools and the contract is king
#488 - May 26: UK should emulate Australian example of rail integration
#487 - May 12: Light rail is trapped on tramlines of a mistaken model
#486 - April 28: Bowker's next stage on journey to a new BR?
#485 - April 14: Orwell's spectre stalks railway as history is rewritten
#484 - March 31: Ministers must hold their nerve after Madrid
#483 - March 17: Why Britain's railway just isn't worth £4bn a year
#482 - March 3: SRA must ensure CTRL can blossom in Garden of England
#481 - February 18: Planning: a policy that dare not speak its name at SRA
#480 - February 4: Vague, restricted review falls flat after big build-up
#479 - January 21: 'Two Brains' and Howells unite on need for change
#478 - January 7: Cash crisis jeopardises rail's regional regeneration role
