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...
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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... -
Rail 483: Why Britain’s railway just isn’t worth £4bn a year
The amount of subsidy that taxpayers pump into the railway is shocking when compared with what... -
Rail 482: SRA must ensure CTRL can blossom in Garden of England
As Eurotunnel continues to totter under punishing debt, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR warns that the new £1.9bn CTRL... -
Rail 481: Planning: a policy that dare not speak its name at SRA
The railways’ fear of central planning distorting market forces is to blame for the National Audit... -
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... -
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...
