Letter to the Guardian: active oldies
My very smug letter to the Guardian in response to one accusing us oldies of sitting...
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Rail 932: Great? New plan for railways falls short
If you want to understand the intentions behind the Government’s White Paper heralding the arrival of...
The Great British Railway is a fudge riding for a fail
We all knew it was a mistake and we told them so. When the Tory government...
Rail 931: British government should participate in the Eurostar rescue
When people suggest to me that it would be best if politics were left out of...
Railcard scam is nothing short of theft by the state
Last week, buying a ticket for my first rail journey in six months, I said to...
Letter to The Times: Lack of resilience of today’s railway
Sir. The collapse of the train services out of King’s Cross and Paddington after the announcement...
Rail 930: Let’s stop pretending you can impose capitalism on the railways
We are entering a period of Big Government. Indeed, we have been in one for the...
Rail 929: WISPer it, the 30 year plan for the railways
Just in case there were not enough ‘initiatives’ being launched by his department, Grant Shapps, the...
Let’s spell it out: cars are a menace
By Christian Wolmar and Pearl Ahrens In terms of transport, the new post-pandemic normal is looking...
Rail 928: It’s the passengers who count
The future of rail has been rather a long time coming. The report on ‘Trains fit...
Rail 927: Cutting costs on the railways is not easy
Let’s assume that ‘back to normal’ is, say, an 80 per cent railway. In other words,...
March 2021 Newsletter
Christian Wolmar’s March newsletter: Anonymity is killing fair debate Dear subscriber, The ferocity of the arguments...
High costs are damaging the potential for rail recovery
One of the worst outcomes of the privatisation of the railways a quarter of a century...
Letter to The Guardian: When I played at Wentworth golf course
Wentworth golf club was not always that posh (The rich vs the very, very rich: the...
rail 926: Integrated transport, an old concept that must be revived
Remember ‘integrated transport’. It was a concept promoted by John Prescott, the much underrated transport secretary...
