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Rail 566: France: speed and spending before structure
The imminent opening of France’s latest TGV route underlines the importance of making maximum use of our own ‘High Speed ...
Rail 565: DfT can’t have it both ways on rolling stock
The failure of the rolling stock market is largely down to the franchising structure and not the ROSCOs’ behaviour, argues ...
Rail 564: No, Ian I am not impressed with your business plan
It sounded jolly good when Network Rail announced in its 2007 Business Plan, published in early April, that there would ...
Rail 563: It should have been Tory ministers in the dock
The £4m fine plus £225,000 costs imposed on Network Rail received rather less attention in the press than it would ...
Rail 562: Department should not be running the railway
This is one of those weeks when I wish I had three or four times as much space, as so ...
Rail 561: Grayrigg: some cause for concern
The long term consequences of the Grayrigg train derailment will not be as serious as those of previous rail crashes ...
Rail 560: It’s murder on the modern ‘Orient Express’
Immortalised in film and fiction, the ‘Orient Express’ is now a pale shadow of what it was - and CHRISTIAN ...
Rail 559: Freight pays the price of Europe’s rail paradox
The EU stresses the importance of rail integration in the face of competition - yet is increasingly fragmenting Europe’s railways ...
Rail 558: Chaos on Brunel’s railway demands a new BR
The state of the Great Western Railway must have Brunel spinning in his grave. It is the operational issues that ...
Rail 557: Wanted: a mission statement to redefine rail’s role
The railway needs a wider vision of its role in facing the challenges of the 21st century if it is ...
Rail 556: Shed no tears over loss of rail’s high-speed toy
The Eddington report has effectively killed off hopes of 'High Speed 2', claims CHRISTIAN WOLMAR， so the industry should concentrate ...
Rail 555: NR’s pretend profit is from artifice not effort
Though not invited to Network Rail’s celebratory press briefing, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR is unsurprised the company made a profit - it’s ...
Rail 554: Mandarins model of madcap funding
The Treasury has never really trusted the railways over money. There are mandarins with long memories – or at least ...
Rail 553: Gwyneth lights touchpaper for franchise fireworks
I am furious with Gwyneth Dunwoody, the fiercesome chair of the Commons Transport Committee. She has threatened my job by ...
Rail 552: Alexander faces arsenal of arguments over Woolwich
Ironically, the Transport Secretary’s quibbling about a paltry £200m for a new station at Woolwich could be a clue that ...
Rail 551: Has Network Rail changed its spots?
Everyone’s familiar with the double standards applied by government to road and rail schemes, but CHRISTIAN WOLMAR has detected signs ...
Rail 550: Smoke and mirrors conceal premium myths
After the latest huge premium-payment deal is signed, it’s time for the ORR to bring transparency to the opaque finances ...
Rail 549: Brown’s folly: Tube sees few gains at vast cost
Londoners are paying the price for would-be Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s insistence on a ‘crazy’ quasi-privatisation of the Underground system, ...
Rail 548: Maglev won’t be a money magnet
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has put the idea of Maglev trains back on the political agenda. CHRISTIAN WOLMAR says it’s ...
Rail 547: Rail should seize the moment
It’s been a glorious August for the railways as terrorism fears have made airline travel a nightmare. But why, asks ...
