Christian Says
Christian Says
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 Wolmarwasn’t really about either trams or socialism but transport policyRead on ...
Are driverless cars really coming to London? by Christian Wolmar
Are driverless cars really coming to London? by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
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 WolmarRead on Substack ...
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 ...
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 WolmarNorthern Powerhouse Rail the wrong choice? Plus saving the ...
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 ...
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 WolmarThe railways have survived into the 21st century by constantly reinventing ...
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 ...
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 ...
Now offering audio version of some articles for premium subscribers
this sample read by me- no AI here! Now offering audio version of some articles for premium subscribers by Christian ...
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 ...
