The HS2 dilemma
Choose your expression: ‘stuck between a rock and a hard place’; ‘I wouldn’t start from here if I were you’; ...
The tram Olympics
On a sunny weekend in August, the fortunate folk of Frankfurt were entertained by the 11th annual tram-drivers competition, with ...
The great roads plan – scrap £16bn worth of new schemes
We all hate roads. They pollute our lungs and destroy our hearing, degrade the environment and are a blight on ...
Rail 1017: the task ahead to end franchising
One of the strangest aspects of the current structure of the railway industry is that there are already four train ...
Rail 1016: Time for the railways to connect
One of the worst ideas of the previous transport secretary, the egregious Mark Harper who seemed to care less ...
Rail 1015: Labour’s cunning plan with two bills
So there is a plan. A cunning plan, indeed, but a complicated one. Remarkably, in the King’s Speech there were ...
The vulnerability of French railways
In France, as elsewhere, the railways have always been an easy target for criminals, saboteurs, terrorists and other miscreants. It's ...
Rail 1014: Hendy appointment shock
There was no shortage of dropped jaws when news about the appointment of the recently ennobled Peter Hendy as rail ...
Rail 1013: Labour dilemma for the train companies
What now? Despite the length of the hustings, none of the questions about the future of the industry have been ...
Rail 1012: Labour holds its cards to its chest on rail
The transport content of the Labour manifesto was thin gruel. That was to be expected. Anyone who was hoping for ...
Rail 1011: Change or no change? Lessons from history
And so that’s it. There will be change, perhaps total upheaval, of the rail system after 14 years of Conservative ...
Spitfire crash does not mean the end of the WW2 plane
The Spitfire crash in Lincolnshire on May 25th could not have happened at a worst time. Every available World War ...
Rail 1010: Birmingham’s love affair with HS2 bears fruit
If there is one place in the world where HS2 is loved, it is Birmingham. The outgoing mayor of West ...
