1 November 17, 2012 Transsiberian – the prettiest section The 450 km journey from Ulan Ude to Irkutsk oddly takes one from Asia to Europe....
1 November 10, 2012 The longest, biggest, greatest railway It’s all about size. The Transsiberian is of course the longest railway in the world by...
2 November 7, 2012 That end of the world feeling At the end of the world is Vladivostok, 5700 miles from Moscow and 11 time zones...
15 October 30, 2012 Laidlaw report suggests no answer to franchising dilemma When ministers have digested the excellent Laidlaw report into the West Coast franchising fiasco, (at http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/laidlaw-report/laidlaw-report.pdf),...
28 October 3, 2012 Franchising and structure bound to be questioned The chaos over the West Coast bids is a direct result of the process and is...
3 September 25, 2012 America trip (2): San Francisco San Francisco has every type of public transport. There are trams, an underground system – BART...
2 September 18, 2012 America trip #1 Portland Portland (Oregon) rightly has a reputation for innovative transport policies. It has an extensive tram system...
0 September 14, 2012 Stand off and deliver? Not likely Oh to be a fly on the wall at the meetings of the Rail Delivery Group,...
3 September 6, 2012 Heathrow third runway hoo-ha misses the point I wish the new transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, well and hope he is in post for rather...
7 September 3, 2012 P & O forgets about customer service Gosh, now I know why people travel by Eurotunnel. Taking the P & O ferry back...
18 August 13, 2012 These were the public sector games One fact that the Prime Minister is bound to ignore at his legacy press conference is...
48 August 2, 2012 Bradley Wiggins wrong on helmets It is understandable for Bradley Wiggins to enter the debate on cycling helmets given the awful...
22 July 26, 2012 Blue paths to nowhere I have, belatedly, sampled the Cycle Superhighway that runs along the A11 through Mile End having...
6 July 20, 2012 Olympishambles – or not? I am already getting calls from foreign media to comment on the transport situation for the...
5 July 13, 2012 Security is clearly biggest threat to the Olympics I’m beginning to change my mind. Given the thoroughness of the approach to transport problems, I...