Christian Says
Christian Says
Crazy merry go round goes on
The news that Network Rail is paying a £53.1m fine for underperformance on punctuality highlights, yet again, the daft nature ...
Network Rail points the way
Network Rail's chairman, Richard Parry-Jones, has just said something which is of such significance that I wonder if it will ...
Cost of new bus threatens London services
The huge extra cost to Londoners of the ‘new bus for London’ is posing a threat to bus services. The ...
Tube strike is a lesson in transport economics
The chaos on the roads in London was worse than I have seen in many years. The hold-ups were much ...
Where’s the enthusiasm for reprivatisation
The surprise announcement that there are only three bidders shortlisted for the controversial East Coast franchise suggests that the Department ...
First class distraction from fares rises
The Daily Mail, the Tory house paper, splashes on plans by ministers to transform first class coaches into standard ones ...
Railways are back on the government’s books
The news, slipped out just before Xmas, that Network Rail’s debt will simply be lumped in with the government’s in ...
Cycling tragedies require a rapid response
The spate of five cyclists being killed within the past fortnight on London's streets demands an urgent respone. As I ...
East Coast set to remain in the public sector (sort of)
There are some stories in the modern railway that you could not make up because they would be too far-fetched ...
Cycling announcement is dishonest spin
To suggest that today's announcement of £148m over two years is the biggest cycling investment programme ever is both dishonest ...
HS2 spending plan puts project at risk
It's hardly surprising that the Spending Review announcement was seen as a good day to bury the bad news that ...
NAO report raises all the right issues
On the scale of damning, the NAO report into HS2 is around 9 out of 10. Remember this is an ...
HS2 exposes flaws in democratic process
The confirmation that HS2 will need a paving bill in order to be able to obtain funds for continued preparatory ...
Franchise fiasco deepens
The Department for Transport bombarded me with several copies of the press release on franchising but that did not make ...
A bluff that the train companies can only lose
There is a big game of bluff going on. The fact that all four bidders in the collapsed Great Western ...
Wifi is not an add-on
One of the stupidest things that TOCs are doing is charging for internet use. That's rather like asking for money ...
Announcement madness
I know this is slightly a hardy perennial, but last night's trip to Ashford International and back was the pits ...
Transport disasters are mostly a thing of the past – fingers crossed
An intelligent feature in CityAM - http://www.cityam.com/forum/helicopter-tragedy-why-disasters-are-so-thankfully-rare#.UPfMmHaWffI.twitter - argues that disasters are few and far between. Indeed, yesterday's helicopter crash ...
Oh, daddy, when did the London Underground open?
On Thursday, January 10, the London Underground is 150 years old. It is a fantastic milestone, the anniversary of the ...
Enter Ms M at the Department
While most people have been celebrating with mince pies and Xmas crackers, the Department for Transport has been busy rearranging ...
