Christian Says
Christian Says
Railway can no longer respond to crisis
After the Xmas Eurostar debacle, the company repeatedly said that it would improve its website in future to communicate better ...
Transport debate should not be about potholes
Here's an easy to win bet - I wager there will be no mention of transport policies in today's Great ...
Bob Crow blows it
Bob Crow's performance on the steps of the High Court after losing the court case over the legality of the ...
Spanish practices are key to success
Some time later this year the Spanish will overtake the French in high speed mileage, an amazing achievement given their ...
Tory chaos – and PPP is sidelined
So much happening all bunched together, that I have had no time to blog - how do those professional bloggers ...
Highway engineers crash out
If you were hoping to come to a meeting tonight at Arup's offices to hear me speak about rail privatisation ...
Tories stick to the old politics
I was rung early this morning by the Today programme and ended up doing a small turn as the warm-up ...
Belgian crash highlights safety improvements
While the precise cause of the Halle train crash is obviously not yet known, it does appear that a red light ...
Eurostar report to reveal all – or not?
The independent report on the Eurostar pre xmas breakdown is being released on friday with a press conference - itself a ...
Velib coming here but will it work
It is only a few months away from the launch of the London cycle hire scheme, provided there are no ...
A 22 year franchise for FCC?
The confusion over franchising policy could not be better highlighted by the mixed messages coming from ministers. On the one ...
Another nail in the PPP’s coffin
The rejection on Friday by an indpendent adjudicator of £327m claims by Tube Lines against Transport for London may well ...
Pyle of poo
I've been in trouble with the law. Well, with a very special constable who apparently has the name Pyle, according ...
Railway forum demise shows railway industry cannot get it together
The Railway Eye blog reports that the Railway Forum has quietly been put to death, even though its website makes ...
Eurostar enquiry has a lot of questions to answer
Just been to a briefing with a very tired looking Richard Brown, the head of Eurostar, and Chris Garnett (the ...
Railways still do not understand basics of PR
After having spent the last three days in and out of the studios for the past three days criticising the ...
Tube lines: you cannot be serious
Just as a little addition to my previous blog entry, the arbiter pretty much confirmed what I had expected, which ...
Tube Lines – the end?
I have been hearing reports that the PPP Arbiter for the Tube, Chris Bolt, is minded to rule much nearer ...
Rail industry gets it together – but why not all the time
The coordination to get a rail service between the two halves of Workington cut off by the flood has been ...
Planning rules still geared to cars
This weekend, I visited a friend of mine up North who has a house she is building in Sheffield. It ...
