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0 January 26, 2005
The London rail network has much to be improved
The London railway network is a confusing mishmash for many passengers. There are overground trains run...

My latest articles:
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- Rail 905: Risk assessment is key to future of the railways May 15, 2020
- Rail 904: Abnormal, the new normal May 1, 2020
My latest tweets…
Of course, as I wrote, much of what our Victorian forebears did was horribly exploitative and caused much misery. But that is another argument totally twitter.com/lichfiel…
About 2 hours ago
So Gareth you wrote that 'Britain's railways only really exist as a legacy of slavey' But now you deny having written that? Why don't you just accept you overegged your argument? ,dropbox.com/s/e16ojz…
About 2 hours ago
RT @lichfieldbaker @christianwolmar @GarethDennis The post says that the slave-owner compensation contributed between 0.1 and 1.0 million to the railways. My gut feeling is it is closer to the former. Whether or not this is significant in comparison to the 30 million capital level by 1840 is a value judgement for others
About 3 hours ago