Congestion charge lessons being relearnt in Ireland
It was going to be chaos. Roads would be jammed with traffic avoiding the centre of London. Protestors would set ...
‘elf n safety not to blame over Jacobite train demise
When the operators of the most popular steam train service in Britain decided to challenge the safety authorities, they were ...
Rail 1006: What do we want from the railways?
In my youth I would go on demonstrations and sometimes wonder whether I really supported the cause we were protesting ...
Rail 1005: Rail reform process slammed by National Audit Office
One day I hope to be able to write up a report from a government agency highlighting the success of ...
Christian Wolmar newsletter March 24: New book, ride on Normandy beaches and a walk round London stations
Dear subscriber Such a long delay since the last newsletter, and therefore so much to say. First, I have sent ...
Rail 1004: Rail reform bill stutters out
So after five years or the operation of around 36 million train services, the Government has managed to produce a ...
what to do about HS2?
Whether they like it or not, the new transport ministers who will take over after the election will have to ...
Rail 1003: The HS2 black hole and hyped to oblivion
I’ve seen many damning reports by various Parliamentary committees and agencies such as the National Audit Office over the years, ...
Rail 1002: The fares fiasco just got worse
There are times when I need three or four columns to adequately comment on what is happening in the rail ...
Write away – the story of my books
I have written more than a dozen books on the railways. And unusually among railway authors, I make my living ...
Rail 1001: What Labour should and should not do
The draft rail reform bill seems to have been stuck in the wastes of Whitehall. The Transport Secretary Mark Harper ...
Rail 1000: a look at a quarter of a century of Rail columns
Unlike some of the contributors to this momentous issue, I was not there at the beginning but I have written ...
