Rail 480: Vague, restricted review falls flat after big build-up
The Government’s latest rail review is Treasury-inspired, and vague in both scope and aims. CHRISTIAN WOLMAR...
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Rail 479: ‘Two Brains’ and Howells unite on need for change
The Great Debate on the future structure of the railway is already taking place at the... -
Rail 478: Cash crisis jeopardises rail’s regional regeneration role
Regional rail routes are a key driving force for economic regeneration, but Christian Wolmar warns that... -
Rail 477: End this crazy game that makes rail so complex
The soon to depart rail regulator has performed an incisive dissection of Network Rail’s costs, but... -
Rail 476: Railways up for grabs as politicians struggle with debt
Network Rail’s debts are far in excess of BR’s. Christian Wolmar says there will come a... -
Rail 475: SRA should keep a TOC or two in house for costs
The SRA says it will refranchise SE Trains , the former Connex operation, at the earliest... -
Rail 474: Why pretend maintenance shake up is a cunning plan?
The decision to strip companies of all maintenance on the railways is good for the industry,... -
Rail 473: Media flurry may signal treble trouble for railway
After a period of relative calm while media and public attention was diverted overseas, the railways... -
Rail 472: Rail must combat crisis to deprive enemies of ammo
Despite the publication of the SRA’s upbeat case for rail document, Christian Wolmar warns that the... -
Rail 471: Will the SRA take the risk to end the Rosco monopoly?
The three rolling stock leasing companies are effectively a cartel, and have it easy, with long... -
Rail 470: Unlike the UK, the sun is rising on Japan’s privatisation
With privatisation frequently held as the ultimate model of how to run a railway, Christian Wolmar... -
Rail 469: Railway industry buckles as media turn up the heat
The railway has admirably fulfilled its traditional summer role as silly season Aunt Sally for the... -
Rail 468: Class of 2003: end of year report says ‘must do better’
In his assessment of performance in the railway school at the end of the academic year,... -
Rail 467: Son of privatisation seems fated to be a problem child
Privatisation was designed to cut the cost of the railway to the government. So it’s an... -
Rail 466: It’s the system that should be in the dock after Hatfield
If anyone is put on trial for the Hatfield disaster, Christian Wolmar wonders whether it should...
