1 August 10, 2016 RMT disputes are not a return to the 1970s It’s all happening on the railways. A five day strike on Southern rail services, a walkout...
10 June 6, 2016 Small can be beautiful for the railways Railways are all the rage. Passenger numbers are at their highest level since the 1920s and...
3 November 21, 2014 John Hibbs, architect of bus deregulation, obituary John Hibbs, who has died aged 89, was known as the architect of bus deregulation in...
2 September 9, 2014 Trains not necessarily as environmentally friendly as railways claim Transport is the most visible consumer of energy apart from heating. From planes soaring into the...
1 August 19, 2014 Rail fares become political Governments used to be able to sneak through rail fare rises with barely a mention in...
2 July 4, 2014 Labour compromise on franchises will please no one Reports today suggest Labour is set to announce that it will allow parts of the rail...
10 March 11, 2014 Bob Crow obituary Bob Crow, the leader of the RMT (the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers),...
8 March 10, 2014 Malaysia crash interest shows how safety has improved The massive coverage given to the Malaysian air disaster highlights, paradoxically, the fact that air safety...
14 January 28, 2013 HS2 is one big punt Let battle commence. The controversy so far over the building of the new north-south high-speed railway...
4 October 31, 2012 Chaos threatens boom on the railways These are both the best of times and the worst of times for the railways. They...
3 January 16, 2012 Robert Horton obit (add) : Robert Horton played a crucial and controversial role in the privatisation of Britain’s railways in...
13 October 19, 2011 Hammond accounting methods did not make sense The conventional wisdom on Philip Hammond was the overused political cliche that he was a “safe...
17 July 6, 2011 The slow death of British rail manufacturing If you walk down the evocatively named Litchurch Lane to reach the Bombardier works in Derby,...
2 November 17, 2010 Technology can cut travel demand Technological leaps in transport have led to countless fantasies – self-driving cars, pods on rails and...
6 September 15, 2010 Guardian Road Safety supplement Road safety policy in the UK is at a crossroads and is set to become an...