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How America lost out on trains

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

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

Still boom or bust on the railways by Christian Wolmar Read on Substack ...
Is AI really clever ?

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

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

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 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 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?"

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 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

I was rung up by a reporter from the i newspaper the other day who asked me to comme nt ...
Rail 1024: How they do it in Japan

Rail 1024: How they do it in Japan

The news that Tokyo Metro, the state owned company that runs part of the city’s underground network is to help ...
rail 1023:  Batty shed exposes HS2 incompetence

rail 1023: Batty shed exposes HS2 incompetence

Only by looking at the origins of the HS2 project can we understand how we get to £100m bat tunnels ...
Rail 1022: Budget's transport failings

Rail 1022: Budget’s transport failings

This was not a good budget for transport. There was some positive aspects such as the confirmation of some long ...
Rail 1021: How will the railway revolution play out?

Rail 1021: How will the railway revolution play out?

The government has placed great emphasis on ‘sorting out the railways’ as a way of showing things can change and ...
Newsletter Nov 24 - with lots of links to recent posts

Newsletter Nov 24 – with lots of links to recent posts

Dear subscriber (to subscribe fill in form on home page) Oh dear, so much to get in – apols. First, ...
Christian Wolmar newsletter March 24: New book, ride on Normandy beaches and a walk round London stations

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 ...
Rail 996: The fiasco to end all fiascos

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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