Rail 883: Things are getting better – really!
Things are getting better. No, really, they are. The railways have largely been out of the...
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Rail 882: It’s not only cuckoo clocks that the Swiss have got right
We are prisoners of history but we don’t have to be. When writing my various books...
Rail 881: Reopening railway lines: popular and feasible says Lord Adonis
The most popular transport policy that I hear when canvassing people on the doorstep is undoubtedly...
Rail 880: HS2 at risk from the Tory hordes
There is one policy that seems to unite more of the Tory party candidates than anything...
Rail 879: The Crossrail mystery – what went wrong?
Wherever you look in the rail industry, there seems to be trouble ahead . I do...
Rail 878: Obsession with competition is a waste of effort
It’s fantasy time in the rail industry. Keith Williams made the mistake of asking for submissions...
Rail 877: Pensions confusion spells death of franchising
With the franchising system already reeling from a series of setbacks, somehow the Department for Transport...
Rail 876: The long slow death of franchises
The death throes of franchising are not a pretty sight. That the present model is dead...
Rail 875: Electric is the buzz word
Of all the stupid decisions that successive governments have made about the railways over the past...
Rail 874: Goblin gobbled up
It seemed such a simple job. The Barking – Gospel Oak line was becoming so heavily...
Rail 873: A small step towards sorting out the fares
It is one of the great ironies of rail privatisation that it was supposed to free...
Rail 872: The North needs rail investment
One of the few (only?) good ideas from George Osborne when he was Chancellor was the...
Rail 871: The Crossrail mystery – and how the USA does not understand rail
The awful year in 2018 endured by the railways might have been leavened somewhat had Crossrail...
Rail 870: My letter to Keith Williams on what Rail Review should examine
Dear Keith, I wish you lots of luck in your endeavour to sort out Britain’s...
Rail 869: The railway’s annus horribilis
This has been the railway’s annus horribilis. Nothing may have burnt down but almost everything else...
