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Rail 487: Light rail is trapped on tramlines of a mistaken model
New light rail systems have proved expensive and some are failing to meet predictions of passenger numbers, but CHRISTIAN WOLMAR ...
Rail 486: Bowker’s next stage on journey to a new BR?
A chastened Richard Bowker has undergone a change of heart as remarkable as the Prime Minister’s on the EU constitution ...
Rail 485: Orwell’s spectre stalks railway as history is rewritten
It’s more like 1984 than 2004 as senior railway figures criticise a structure that only months ago they were defending ...
Rail 484: Ministers must hold their nerve after Madrid
If politicians create a sense of panic about security on the railways in the wake of the Madrid bombing, warns ...
Rail 483: Why Britain’s railway just isn’t worth £4bn a year
The amount of subsidy that taxpayers pump into the railway is shocking when compared with what they get out of ...
Rail 482: SRA must ensure CTRL can blossom in Garden of England
As Eurotunnel continues to totter under punishing debt, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR warns that the new £1.9bn CTRL must not repeat the ...
Rail 481: Planning: a policy that dare not speak its name at SRA
The railways' fear of central planning distorting market forces is to blame for the National Audit Office's trenchant criticism of ...
Rail 480: Vague, restricted review falls flat after big build-up
The Government's latest rail review is Treasury-inspired, and vague in both scope and aims. CHRISTIAN WOLMAR gives the Transport Secretary ...
Rail 479: ‘Two Brains’ and Howells unite on need for change
The Great Debate on the future structure of the railway is already taking place at the highest levels in Whitehall ...
Rail 478: Cash crisis jeopardises rail’s regional regeneration role
Regional rail routes are a key driving force for economic regeneration, but Christian Wolmar warns that soaring costs and the ...
Rail 477: End this crazy game that makes rail so complex
The soon to depart rail regulator has performed an incisive dissection of Network Rail's costs, but the whole access charge ...
Rail 476: Railways up for grabs as politicians struggle with debt
Network Rail's debts are far in excess of BR's. Christian Wolmar says there will come a point when government says ...
Rail 475: SRA should keep a TOC or two in house for costs
The SRA says it will refranchise SE Trains , the former Connex operation, at the earliest opportunity. But, argues Christian ...
Rail 474: Why pretend maintenance shake up is a cunning plan?
The decision to strip companies of all maintenance on the railways is good for the industry, the passengers, the taxpayer ...
Rail 473: Media flurry may signal treble trouble for railway
After a period of relative calm while media and public attention was diverted overseas, the railways are now once more ...
Rail 472: Rail must combat crisis to deprive enemies of ammo
Despite the publication of the SRA's upbeat case for rail document, Christian Wolmar warns that the railways remain in crisis ...
Rail 471: Will the SRA take the risk to end the Rosco monopoly?
The three rolling stock leasing companies are effectively a cartel, and have it easy, with long contracts and little competition ...
Rail 470: Unlike the UK, the sun is rising on Japan’s privatisation
With privatisation frequently held as the ultimate model of how to run a railway, Christian Wolmar believes that Britain's failure ...
Rail 469: Railway industry buckles as media turn up the heat
The railway has admirably fulfilled its traditional summer role as silly season Aunt Sally for the media but, points out ...
Rail 468: Class of 2003: end of year report says ‘must do better’
In his assessment of performance in the railway school at the end of the academic year, 'headmaster' Christian Wolmar concludes ...
