Rail Magazine
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Rail 526: Railway’s little Britons should stop preaching to Europe
Britain is so far down the line in rail privatisation that many believe it has nothing to learn from Europe ...
Rail 525: Cost and complexity create a high-level bias against rail
The latest restructuring of the railway has made it much easier to cut lines, stations and services - and harder ...
Is Wolmar On the Wrong Line?
On the Wrong Line Review RAIL’s Christian Wolmar frequently crossed swords with RICHARD BOWKER when he chaired the Strategic Rail ...
Rail 524: Franchises are complex, opaque and so very expensive
The ‘what is a franchise for?’ debate rages on as CHRISTIAN WOLMAR argues that today’s railway is costing the taxpayer ...
Rail 523: The good, the bad and the ugly in a decade of upheaval
Celebrating ten years as RAIL's controversial but acclaimed columnist, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR reflects on a decade of commentating on a momentous ...
Rail 522: Say hello to HLOS – still a crazy way to run a railway
The grandly titled High Level Output Statement will simply gives a scientific veneer to the flawed process of deciding what ...
Rail 521: Rail ultra-lite! A powerful case for self-powered trams
Light rail schemes are notorious for their high capital costs, but CHRISTIAN WOLMAR believes there is another, cheaper way forward ...
Rail 520: Railway School pupils make too many trips to tuck shop
In his annual summer-holiday assessment of pupils’ performance of in the Railway School, Headmaster CHRISTIAN WOLMAR finds them a little ...
Rail 519: Station clock strikes midnight for railway’s Cinderellas
Station improvements are another issue where wishful thinking has triumphed over the tortuous financial realities of privatisation, argues CHRISTIAN WOLMAR ...
Rail 518: London pride as staff and commuters defy the fanatics
The public transport system targeted by the London bombers is the embodiment of the democratic values they hate, says CHRISTIAN ...
Rail 517: ATOC has shot itself in both feet with peak-pricing plan
Wasn't it nasty old nationalised BR that used to price passengers off the railway? Well, the umbrella body representing the ...
Rail 516: The spectre of cuts by stealth is stalking the railway
The SRA’s announcement on the scope of the Greater Western franchise is an ominous indication of how the railway is ...
Rail 515: Going back to go forwards: relearning about integration
As the much-praised new control centres demonstrate, the network is being reintegrated - but it's being done slowly and by ...
Rail 514: Darling: the devil we know, but a ditherer on decisions
The reappointment of Alistair Darling as Transport Secretary proves the Prime Minister is putting a ‘safe pair of hands’ before ...
The battle for the future of the UK’s railway starts now
The transport-shy general election campaign may be over, but attempts by ministers to cut rail costs by reducing services are ...
Rail 512: Yes, minister: Integrate to ease Kent planning ‘blight’
The uncertainty over the future shape of services south-east of London underlines the need for more long-term, strategic planning on ...
Rail 511: The great unmentionable of the general election
For the political parties during the election campaign, the railway will be like the war when Fawlty Towers was entertaining ...
Rail 510: Tram schemes deserve protection against predatory buses
Alistair Darling’s disdain for light rail is belied by the success of schemes such as Nottingham’s new tramway, argues CHRISTIAN ...
rail 509: Mitchell in charge: the axeman cometh to Marsham Street
Mike Mitchell’s appointment as rail director general has raised eyebrows among those who know him as a cost-cutter rather than ...
Rail 508: £100m trains fiasco just a footnote in a sorry scandal
RAIL’s exclusive revelations about the £100m new trains that can’t be used have underlined the idiocy of the railway’s unco-ordinated ...
