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6 April 10, 2014
What is the point of HS2?
Mohammed Salique owns a Restaurant called Diwana in Drummond Street, which runs west from the side...

My latest articles:
- Rail 909: J’Accuse – the culprits wrecking the rail industry July 14, 2020
- July Newsletter: The self-destruction of the rail industry July 14, 2020
- Rail 908: The future is vertical…and the slavery myth July 1, 2020
- Letter to The Times: Cut the bureaucracy, open the lines now July 1, 2020
- The Great British Train Wreck June 24, 2020
My latest tweets…
RT @BBCNewsnight “Rail safety experts have been telling me for a long time that their main concern about risk on the railways is in temperate weather”Rail transport historian @christianwolmar says other causes of rail accidents, such as technical issues “have largely been resolved”#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/aSBn…
About 10 hours ago
RT @Captain_Deltic There are two kinds of politicians in the world - those who do a professional job and those who faff around on Twitter when they could be doing something useful like pressing the virtues of completing the Midland Main Line electrification to Derby Nottingham and Sheffield. twitter.com/chhcalli…
About 15 hours ago
Terrible news about accident near Stonehaven ...the first passenger rail deaths since 2004. Landslides have been the subject of several near misses and climate change is unfortunately likely to increase this risk.
About 15 hours ago

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Latest articles
- Rail 909: J’Accuse – the culprits wrecking the rail industry July 14, 2020
- July Newsletter: The self-destruction of the rail industry July 14, 2020
- Rail 908: The future is vertical…and the slavery myth July 1, 2020
Latest tweet…
RT @BBCNewsnight “Rail safety experts have been telling me for a long time that their main concern about risk on the railways is in temperate weather”Rail transport historian @christianwolmar says other causes of rail accidents, such as technical issues “have largely been resolved”#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/aSBn…
About 10 hours ago