Rail 882: It’s not only cuckoo clocks that the Swiss have got right
We are prisoners of history but we don’t have to be. When writing my various books...
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Johnson: an unsuitable candidate
I rarely find the time to do blogs but watching Boris Johnson’s performances on the media...
Rail 881: Reopening railway lines: popular and feasible says Lord Adonis
The most popular transport policy that I hear when canvassing people on the doorstep is undoubtedly...
My podcast on the Transsiberian for Insight guide
Rail 880: HS2 at risk from the Tory hordes
There is one policy that seems to unite more of the Tory party candidates than anything...
Rail 879: The Crossrail mystery – what went wrong?
Wherever you look in the rail industry, there seems to be trouble ahead . I do...
Rail 878: Obsession with competition is a waste of effort
It’s fantasy time in the rail industry. Keith Williams made the mistake of asking for submissions...
Letter to The Times: Extinction Rebellion demonstrates the benefits of pedestrianisation
There has been much debate about the rights and wrongs of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations but...
Rail 877: Pensions confusion spells death of franchising
With the franchising system already reeling from a series of setbacks, somehow the Department for Transport...
My (short) letter to The Times on franchising
The row over pension funding highlights the impossibility of transferring real risks to the private sector....-
Rail 876: The long slow death of franchises
The death throes of franchising are not a pretty sight. That the present model is dead... 
Rail 875: Electric is the buzz word
Of all the stupid decisions that successive governments have made about the railways over the past...
Rail 874: Goblin gobbled up
It seemed such a simple job. The Barking – Gospel Oak line was becoming so heavily...
Sunday Politics: Doubts about driverless cars
Rail 873: A small step towards sorting out the fares
It is one of the great ironies of rail privatisation that it was supposed to free...
