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...
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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... 
Rail 920: ORR focus on little used stations is an own goal
Lots of fun has been had over the past couple of weeks with Berney Arms, an...
Rail 919: Welsh report shows that building roads is not the only or best option
Ever since the creation of a ministry of transport, just over a century ago, there has...
Rail 918: Why rail replacement services are so dreadful
If there’s one phrase that deters people from trying to take a train, it is...
Rail 917: Network Rail’s not invented here syndrome
Network Rail has rediscovered research. One of the great losses to the industry at privatisation was...
