Rail 498: Could SET set the scene for publicly run Kent franchise?
At a Labour conference fringe meeting, Transport Secretary Alistair Darling appeared to hint to CHRISTIAN WOLMAR...
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Rail 497: A ‘Revolution’ that leaves the railway in the red
The Prime Minister’s brief appearance at the launch of the WCML Pendolino service could be a... -
Rail 496: How the Curse of the SRA claimed two high casualties
The government set up the SRA as a quasi-independent body, but whenever its chairmen tried to... -
Rail 495: The franchise merry-go-round
So the merry go round continues. FirstGroup is awarded the Scotrail franchise although it was not... -
Rail 494: Class of 2004 is improving – but still must try harder
In his annual report on the performance of pupils in the railway school, headmaster CHRISTIAN WOLMAR... -
Rail 493: Review couples too much caution with too little clarity
So what was it all about? Tom Winsor didn’t want it, Richard Bowker has been bumped... -
Rail 492: Darling’s review: change here for a simpler railway system
Britain’s privatised railway is often said to be in a constant state of change. The reality,... -
Rail 491: Rail the loser as bosses play ‘let’s pretend’ game
Privatised railway chiefs like to portray themselves as buccaneering capitalists in a risk-taking industry but the... -
Rail 490: Darling won’t put weedkiller on nettle strangling railway
According to a summary of the draft rail review leaked to CHRISTIAN WOLMAR, the Government proposes... -
Rail 489: Winsorworld… we’re the fools and the contract is king
As Tom Winsor prepares to return to a highly-paid job in the City, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR wonders... -
Rail 488: UK should emulate Australian example of rail integration
Britain pioneered the ill-starred global reform of the railways in the 1990s. Back from addressing a... -
Rail 487: Light rail is trapped on tramlines of a mistaken model
New light rail systems have proved expensive and some are failing to meet predictions of passenger... -
Rail 486: Bowker’s next stage on journey to a new BR?
A chastened Richard Bowker has undergone a change of heart as remarkable as the Prime Minister’s... -
Rail 485: Orwell’s spectre stalks railway as history is rewritten
It’s more like 1984 than 2004 as senior railway figures criticise a structure that only months... -
Rail 484: Ministers must hold their nerve after Madrid
If politicians create a sense of panic about security on the railways in the wake of...
