My 2016 book “Are Trams Socialist? ” wasn’t really about either trams or socialism but transport policy
My 2016 book “Are Trams Socialist? ” by Christian Wolmar wasn’t really about either trams or socialism but transport policy Read on Substack
Are driverless cars really coming to London? by Christian Wolmar
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Grin and bear it: any trains are better than an HS2 graveyard
Grin and bear it: any trains are better than an HS2 graveyard by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack
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Calling All Stations – The Transport Podcast 4/2 Wales transport transformation plus autonomous vehicles update
Christian speaks to Transport for Wales Chief Executive Officer James Price about the transformation of rail services across the nation currently underway, with particular focus
Calling All Stations – The Transport Podcast 4/1 Is Northern Powerhouse Rail the wrong choice?
Calling All Stations – The Transport Podcast S4 Ep1 by Christian Wolmar Northern Powerhouse Rail the wrong choice? Plus saving the Queensbury Tunnel Read on
Free Charles Church: There is an imprisoned church in the middle of Plymouth
Free Charles Church by Christian Wolmar There is an imprisoned church in the middle of Plymouth (there is also an audio version of this post)
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Book Review: Monisha Rajesh, Moonlight Express, Bloomsbury The railways have survived into the 21st century by constantly reinventing themselves.
Book Review: Monisha Rajesh, Moonlight Express, Bloomsbury by Christian Wolmar The railways have survived into the 21st century by constantly reinventing themselves. Read on Substack
Failure on the line In the book on high speed rail that I have been writing
Failure on the line by Christian Wolmar In the book on high speed rail that I have been writing Read on Substack Premium subscriber audio
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Nothing can quite prepare you for the shock of China’s high speed rail
Nothing can quite prepare you for the shock of China’s high speed rail by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack
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this sample read by me- no AI here! Now offering audio version of some articles for premium subscribers by Christian Wolmar this sample read by
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Celebrating the first railway – or was it?
The 200th anniversary of the railways has been celebrated this weekend – well sort of. Celebrating the first railway – or was it? by Christian
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Sir David Davies obituary
Engineer whose recommendations after the Ladbroke Grove train crash led to improved safety on the railways Sir David Davies obituary Tue 16 Sep 2025 by
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Trains on Trial – BBC Radio 4
Available for download – Friday 26 Sept 2025 12:04 Trains on Trial – BBC Radio 4 by Christian Wolmar Available for download – Friday 26
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We were once world leaders in tramways
There are both positive and negative aspects of having written this column for nearly 30 years. We were once world leaders in tramways by Christian
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The biggest war machine
I am obsessed by the relationship between railways and war. The biggest war machine by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack
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