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So how did the tram line in Edinburgh end up costing nearly twice its original estimate of £500m? That is ...

Well busy does not describe the last month or so. Of course I chose May to go on holiday after ...

So what happens when a dream turns into, well, a pipedream? I spent today to find out by attending a ...

Christian Wolmar Let me introduce you to the NGAD Railway. Or you may have encountered it already if you know ...

It is difficult not to be depressed as I write this during the heatwave. I would in fact enjoy the ...

I fell into book writing by accident. In all my career, I have done everything a bit late, which is ...

The reaction by many rail journalists to the publication of the Integrated Rail Plan was uncontrolled fury. They railed against ...

In researching my forthcoming book on the role of the railways in the reoccupation of northern Europe following D Day, ...

It was no accident that the North of England was the cradle for the railways, nor that a self-educated but ...

The biggest risk of the long term effect of the pandemic is that we see a permanent change from the ...

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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Life is returning to around 50 per cent normal, so this newsletter is focussing on various events I am speaking ...

I have finally resolved a conundrum that has been bugging me for several years. Despite writing numerous articles and two ...

Let’s assume that ‘back to normal’ is, say, an 80 per cent railway. In other words, that the timetable will ...

Christian Wolmar's March newsletter: Anonymity is killing fair debate  Dear subscriber, The ferocity of the arguments over low traffic neighbourhoods ...

Oddly, in this short newsletter, I am going to promote someone else’s book. This is because I think Peter Walker’s ...

I have not worn a suit for a year. I hate wearing suits but I am so looking forward now ...

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