0 January 5, 2021January 2021 Newsletter: it’s not all gloom but….I have not worn a suit for a year. I hate wearing suits but I am...
0 December 20, 2020The real reason behind opposition to Low Traffic NeighborhoodsBy Pearl Ahrens and Christian Wolmar Last month, 322 people, from London and across the world,...
0 December 12, 2020Times review of Cathedrals of SteamReview by Richard Godwin London has 14 railway termini, more than any other city in the...
0 December 9, 2020December newsletter: deja vu all over againThis is the newsletter that goes out to subscribers every month. If you want to subscribe...
0 December 8, 2020HS2 likes to keep things secretWith £20bn already swallowed up and an estimated £80bn more needed, HS2 is good at disposing...
0 December 8, 2020Rail 920: ORR focus on little used stations is an own goalLots of fun has been had over the past couple of weeks with Berney Arms, an...
0 December 7, 2020Working together, a concept lost in the private free for allOver the past few weeks, I have spent a lot of time talking to former British...
0 December 7, 2020Daily Telegraph review: Cathedrals of Steam:By Christopher Howse In Cousin Chatterbox’s Railway Alphabet it says: “A is the Arch, which you...
0 November 29, 2020Rail 919: Welsh report shows that building roads is not the only or best optionEver since the creation of a ministry of transport, just over a century ago, there has...
0 November 14, 2020Rail 918: Why rail replacement services are so dreadful If there’s one phrase that deters people from trying to take a train, it is...
0 November 11, 2020November newsletter – Covid crisis – and book offersThe second lockdown has just started and I see little way out of this crisis for...
0 October 30, 2020Spectator review of Cathedrals of SteamBy Julian Glover I began this book waiting for a diesel train to Derby, under the...
0 October 30, 2020Rail 917: Network Rail’s not invented here syndromeNetwork Rail has rediscovered research. One of the great losses to the industry at privatisation was...