Christian Says
Christian Says
A bike can be a gift for life- It’s easy to forget that cost is a barrier to transport for many people.
A bike can be a gift for life by Christian WolmarIt’s easy to forget that cost is a barrier to ...
Florida’s death train
Florida's death train by Christian WolmarI am just writing the section on safety for Fast Track, my book on high ...
My 2016 book “Are Trams Socialist? ” wasn’t really about either trams or socialism but transport policy
My 2016 book "Are Trams Socialist? " by Christian Wolmarwasn’t really about either trams or socialism but transport policyRead on ...
Are driverless cars really coming to London? by Christian Wolmar
Are driverless cars really coming to London? by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
Grin and bear it: any trains are better than an HS2 graveyard
Grin and bear it: any trains are better than an HS2 graveyard by Christian WolmarRead on Substack ...
Free Charles Church: There is an imprisoned church in the middle of Plymouth
Free Charles Church by Christian Wolmar There is an imprisoned church in the middle of Plymouth (there is also an ...
Failure on the line In the book on high speed rail that I have been writing
Failure on the line by Christian Wolmar In the book on high speed rail that I have been writing Read ...
Nothing can quite prepare you for the shock of China’s high speed rail
Nothing can quite prepare you for the shock of China's high speed rail by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
Celebrating the first railway – or was it?
The 200th anniversary of the railways has been celebrated this weekend – well sort of. Celebrating the first railway - ...
Trains on Trial – BBC Radio 4
Available for download - Friday 26 Sept 2025 12:04 Trains on Trial - BBC Radio 4 by Christian Wolmar Available ...
We were once world leaders in tramways
There are both positive and negative aspects of having written this column for nearly 30 years. We were once world ...
The biggest war machine
I am obsessed by the relationship between railways and war. The biggest war machine by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
What is the point of First Class?
What is the point of First Class? by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
Toronto’s cycle battle
If you think that culture wars over transport issues are a purely British phenomenon, think again. I have just been ...
How America lost out on trains
I am off to Toronto next week where I will be doing a report on the madcap scheme by the ...
British Rail showed the way nationalisation can work
British Rail showed the way nationalisation can work by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
Still boom or bust on the railways
Still boom or bust on the railways by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
Is AI really clever ?
I was struck by a sentence in a book on Artificial Intelligence, How AI Thinks, by tech entrepreneur Nigel Toon ...
Culture wars rage across the world
The Labour government slipped out an announcement last week that it was scrapping plans from its predecessor on a series ...
We are all in need of some good news
We are all in need of some good news by Christian WolmarThe current problems of the rail industry are legion ...
