0 July 17, 2007The PPP is Gordon’s faultEven by the standards of Britain’s many rail fiascos, the implosion of Tube contractor Metronet is...
0 January 23, 2007Gordon Brown must sort out the mess on the trainsCommuters in the South East can be excused for feeling bemused at the coverage given to...
0 January 2, 2007Conflicting fares policies confuse passengersIt is London’s least-loved New Year ritual: once again, swingeing annual increases in Tube, bus and...
0 July 12, 2006Another day, another disaster for ‘world class’ outfitIt is scarcely believable that Metronet has yet again been responsible for major bungles on the...
0 May 12, 2006Metronet fails the PPP testYou could hardly call the recent warm weather a heatwave. And yet here we are once...
0 March 7, 2006Is closing the Tube really necessaryIt is the first stage of the most ambitious engineering programme on the Tube, involving modernisation...
0 February 17, 2006Congestion charge three years onAfter three years of the congestion charge, it is difficult to remember the enormous fuss that...
0 November 28, 2005Kiley and Ken’s bust upThe palace coup at Transport for London which resulted in the angry departure of Bob Kiley...
0 November 4, 2005Let’s have some sensible ideas from the Government!It has not been a good week for the commuter. While the falling autumn leaves have...
0 September 27, 2005Congestion charging around Heathrow airportTHE IDEA of charging motorists up to £20 to go to Heathrow along the M4 may...
0 September 23, 2005Ladbrook Grove verdict inevitableThe decision not to prosecute railway managers over the Ladbroke Grove accident was inevitable. Indeed, that...
0 September 7, 2005Hatfield illustrates the difficulty of pinning the blame for accidentsThe Hatfield verdict illustrates the difficulty of pinning the blame for accidents on particular individuals within...
0 July 3, 2005Gerrards Cross tunnel was part of Tesco’s plan for new store sitesThe rail passengers whose journeys will be disrupted over the next few months because of the...
0 June 14, 2005Eurotunnel’s depressing legacyWhen Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac meet today, the EU constitutional treaty will not be the...
0 May 27, 2005Stop this railway madnessIt sounded like good news when Network Rail announced that it had made an operating profit...