Rail magazine 2006
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.
#555 - December 21: NR's pretend profit is from artifice not effort
#554 - December 6: Mandarins model of madcap funding
#553 - November 22: Gwyneth lights touchpaper for franchise fireworks
#552 - November 8: Alexander faces arsenal of arguments over Woolwich
#551 - October 20: Has Network Rail changed its spots?
#550 - October 11: Smoke and mirrors conceal premium myths
#549 - September 27: Brown's folly: Tube sees few gains at vast cost
#548 - September 13: Maglev won't be a money magnet
#547 - August 30: Rail should seize the moment
#546 - August 16: The Billy Bunters of Railway School must try even harder
#545 - August 2: The Tories are back in town with tough questions on rail
#544 - July 19: Rail’s Da Vinci Code: lots of nice theories, few hard facts
#543 - July 5: Pessimistic Treasury is stifling major railway projects
#542 - June 21: Assembly report plays petty politics with July 7 attacks
#541 - June 7: MPs set to answer £1bn question: what are franchises for?
#540 - May 24: Railway passed from one 'safe pair of hands' to another
#539 - May 10: Why we must cross-question the logic of Crossrail scheme
#538 - April 26: Sir Humphrey’s flounderings will mean a wider role for NR
#537 - April 12: How the railway has gone from dynamic to dysfunctional
#536 - March 30: Darling: damning the high-speed line with faint praise?
#535 - March 15: CTRL: an outrageous saga of arrogance and incompetence
#534 - March 1: Defence of privatisation decadcade disregards the downsides
#533 - February 15: Closure document clears the tracks for widespread cuts
#532 - February 1: Do-nothing Darling’s ‘Mr Hyde’ act heralds doom for LRT
#531 - January 18: Dishonest GW deal signals cash crisis by end of decade
#530 - January 4: ‘plain vanilla’ franchise
