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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 - ...
Sir David Davies obituary
Engineer whose recommendations after the Ladbroke Grove train crash led to improved safety on the railways Sir David Davies obituary ...
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 ...
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 ...
The biggest war machine
I am obsessed by the relationship between railways and war. The biggest war machine by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
What is the point of First Class?
What is the point of First Class? by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
Toronto’s cycle battle
If you think that culture wars over transport issues are a purely British phenomenon, think again. I have just been ...
The demise of the Royal Train was inevitable
The news that the Royal Train is heading for that great siding in the sky appears to be at odds ...
How America lost out on trains
I am off to Toronto next week where I will be doing a report on the madcap scheme by the ...
British Rail showed the way nationalisation can work
British Rail showed the way nationalisation can work by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
Still boom or bust on the railways
Still boom or bust on the railways by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
Is AI really clever ?
I was struck by a sentence in a book on Artificial Intelligence, How AI Thinks, by tech entrepreneur Nigel Toon ...
Culture wars rage across the world
The Labour government slipped out an announcement last week that it was scrapping plans from its predecessor on a series ...
We are all in need of some good news
We are all in need of some good news by Christian WolmarThe current problems of the rail industry are legion ...
I saved my stepson Pascoe’s life the other day walking along a street in Liverpool
I saved my stepson Pascoe’s life the other day. He was walking along a street in Liverpool eating a sandwich ...
I am currently halfway through writing a book on high speed rail across the world
I am currently about halfway through writing my book on high speed rail across the world. I had originally put ...
American journalist asked “Why is there is so much investment in passenger railways in Europe but not in the USA?”
I was contacted by an American journalist the other day who asked me why there is so much investment in ...
I started writing about driverless cars nearly ten years ago
I started writing about driverless cars nearly ten years ago. I had read an article in the Evening Standard which ...
I was rung up by a reporter
I was rung up by a reporter from the i newspaper the other day who asked me to comme nt ...
