Rail 936: Louth, a gem hidden from the railway
I know I really ought to write about all the very important things going on in...
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Rail 935: Can Network Rail be tamed?
The story of the next couple of years in the rail industry will be how to...
Rail 934: A bridge over troubled concrete
Over the years, as a journalist, I have occasionally come across stories that simply do not...
Rail 933: 10 questions about Williams Shapps report
There is no doubt that the Williams Shapps report could have been a lot worse. There...
Rail 932: Great? New plan for railways falls short
If you want to understand the intentions behind the Government’s White Paper heralding the arrival of...
Rail 931: British government should participate in the Eurostar rescue
When people suggest to me that it would be best if politics were left out of...
Rail 930: Let’s stop pretending you can impose capitalism on the railways
We are entering a period of Big Government. Indeed, we have been in one for the...
Rail 929: WISPer it, the 30 year plan for the railways
Just in case there were not enough ‘initiatives’ being launched by his department, Grant Shapps, the...
Rail 928: It’s the passengers who count
The future of rail has been rather a long time coming. The report on ‘Trains fit...
rail 926: Integrated transport, an old concept that must be revived
Remember ‘integrated transport’. It was a concept promoted by John Prescott, the much underrated transport secretary...
Rail 925: Franchising on life support
After a year of paralysis in the rail industry, there finally appears to be some movement...
Rail 924: The robots are not coming that fast
In the midst of all the chaos and uncertainty on the railways caused by the pandemic,...
Rail 923: In a logical world, peak fares would be abolished but….
One clear result of the Covid crisis is that we have to recognise that moving around...
Rail 922: How to recreate a joined-up railway
In recent weeks I have interviewed numerous ex-BR managers for my new book which is about...-
Rail 921: The railways must adapt to survive
Well not even Mystic Wolmar if he were a genius could have predicted the events of...
