September 2021 newsletter: a (sort of) return to normal
Life is returning to around 50 per cent normal, so this newsletter is focussing on various...
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August newsletter: The driverless car conundrum solved
I have finally resolved a conundrum that has been bugging me for several years. Despite writing...
Rail 936: Louth, a gem hidden from the railway
I know I really ought to write about all the very important things going on in...
Letter to the Financial Times: No such thing as a half driverless car
Patrick Magee (Has big tech backfired on robotaxis?, July 20) has missed the key point about...
Rail 935: Can Network Rail be tamed?
The story of the next couple of years in the rail industry will be how to...
Rail 934: A bridge over troubled concrete
Over the years, as a journalist, I have occasionally come across stories that simply do not...
Rail 933: 10 questions about Williams Shapps report
There is no doubt that the Williams Shapps report could have been a lot worse. There...-
Letter to the Guardian: active oldies
My very smug letter to the Guardian in response to one accusing us oldies of sitting... 
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...
