Hammond's fare gamble

Hammond’s fare gamble

The collective wail of commuters was almost audible at stations across the country when they discovered that their season tickets ...
Fragmentation is the problem, not the solution

Fragmentation is the problem, not the solution

Here is a bold prediction about today’s report into cutting costs on the railways: whatever it finds, passengers will suffer ...
Time to derail the crazy train

Time to derail the crazy train

Christian Wolmar Train companies are expecting 400,000 people to travel into London by train for the Royal Wedding, far more ...
High speed evidence is flimsy

High speed evidence is flimsy

  I love railways. It was only the discovery of girls that lured me away from hanging around on station ...
A strike too far?

A strike too far?

Watching Bob Crow in action is an instant history lesson. His way of conducting industrial disputes has more in common ...
Heathrow third runway is a dead duck

Heathrow third runway is a dead duck

It's time to give up on expanding Heathrow, the world's least-loved airport. The High Court ruling yesterday that there had ...
Eurostar has let the railways down

Eurostar has let the railways down

  A love affair with trains is like marriage to a serial philanderer. Just when things are going well, they ...
Boris bashes the bus users

Boris bashes the bus users

Boris Johnson is discovering the hard way that as mayor he cannot just be the blond buffoon with the good ...
Network Rail bosses not worth City salaries

Network Rail bosses not worth City salaries

Claims by Network Rail senior managers that they deserve six-figure bonuses on top of their generous salaries are based on ...
Fire and Steam Review by Michael Binyon

Fire and Steam Review by Michael Binyon

Michael Binyon powers through a rollicking new history of the British railway system, while Stephen McClarence makes tracks around the ...
Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision

Subterranean Railway Review Few Londoners have a good word for the Underground. Every day something seems to go wrong — ...
Now charge £10 for congestion

Now charge £10 for congestion

Remember all that fuss last year about the Congestion charge? London was going to grind to a halt, children would ...
Take Ken's £5 decongestant medicine and be glad today. It's London's last hope

Take Ken’s £5 decongestant medicine and be glad today. It’s London’s last hope

Life in London will never be the same again. The imposition of the congestion charge takes away the fundamental right ...
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