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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 ...
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Rail 996: The fiasco to end all fiascos
In over a quarter of a century of writing this column, there has been no end of scandals, mishaps, errors ...
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Rail 993: Edinburgh tram success came at a price – and au revoir Nigel Harris
So how did the tram line in Edinburgh end up costing nearly twice its original estimate of £500m? That is ...
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A newsletter with more links than a seaside golf course
Well busy does not describe the last month or so. Of course I chose May to go on holiday after ...
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Driverless car vision abandoned
So what happens when a dream turns into, well, a pipedream? I spent today to find out by attending a ...
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Rail 965: All hail the ‘Nobody gives a Damn’ railway
Christian Wolmar Let me introduce you to the NGAD Railway. Or you may have encountered it already if you know ...
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July 2022 newsletter
It is difficult not to be depressed as I write this during the heatwave. I would in fact enjoy the ...
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The value of economics to writing about transport
I fell into book writing by accident. In all my career, I have done everything a bit late, which is ...
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Be careful what you wish for
The reaction by many rail journalists to the publication of the Integrated Rail Plan was uncontrolled fury. They railed against ...
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March 2022 Newsletter: Railways still relevant in modern warfare
In researching my forthcoming book on the role of the railways in the reoccupation of northern Europe following D Day, ...
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The original Northern Powerhouse – lecture for Sunderland University
It was no accident that the North of England was the cradle for the railways, nor that a self-educated but ...
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The last newsletter of the year
The biggest risk of the long term effect of the pandemic is that we see a permanent change from the ...
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Rail 946: Beware the cuts are ‘a coming
Amid all the hoo-ha of HS2, integrated rail plans and Great British Railways, there’s a rather more serious situation brewing ...
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November 2021 newsletter
This is my newletter sent out free to subscribers - to sign up, go to my website christianwolmar.co.uk and scroll ...
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September 2021 newsletter: a (sort of) return to normal
Life is returning to around 50 per cent normal, so this newsletter is focussing on various events I am speaking ...
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August newsletter: The driverless car conundrum solved
I have finally resolved a conundrum that has been bugging me for several years. Despite writing numerous articles and two ...
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Rail 927: Cutting costs on the railways is not easy
Let’s assume that ‘back to normal’ is, say, an 80 per cent railway. In other words, that the timetable will ...
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March 2021 Newsletter
Christian Wolmar's March newsletter: Anonymity is killing fair debate Dear subscriber, The ferocity of the arguments over low traffic neighbourhoods ...