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I am at risk of repeating myself. I would love to be writing about something other than the impact on ...

Whatever happened to ALARP? That’s the safety principle by which the railway is supposed to function in relation to safety ...

Boris Johnson’s speech to the nation on Sunday May 10th was rambly, incoherent and he failed dismally in his attempts ...

We are now in the new normal of empty train stations, reduced timetables and injunctions to people not to take ...

As a journalist for nigh on half a century, who has covered all kinds of extraordinary stories, big and small, ...

We have found out what living in a sci-fi dystopia is like. Fortunately, the basic services such as water and ...

Harold Macmillan used to say that what he was most worried about when Prime Minister were ‘events’ or, as Donald ...

Things are too busy and exciting in the rail industry to spend the whole of this column looking back but ...

One day there will be a superb book to be written about the shenanigans over the decision whether to build ...

This is one of those rare times when the fact that this column has to be written nearly a week ...

Here is the news: Crossrail is happening. Yes, of course it is late and the most recent announcement, which has ...

The start of a new year, decade even, is obviously a time to both reflect on the past and to ...

So it’s over. Brexit is going to happen and the Conservatives will dominate politics for at least another four years ...

Wales has often been the forgotten part of the UK, attracting little attention or media interest. That is well illustrated ...

HS2 is the biggest infrastructure project ever to be built in this country. It is, too, controversial given the huge ...

There are many ways to kill off projects and the Department for Transport is proving particularly adept at finding new ...

The publication of the Rail Enhancement Pipeline attracted little media coverage which is generally focussed on the big projects, such ...

Sorry reader, it is difficult to avoid Brexit at the moment. I’ve just spent three days at the European Transport ...

At one of the numerous Labour party conference fringe meetings on transport, a junior shadow transport minister said ‘Rail renationalisation ...

Well dear reader, you deserve a break. So do I. We’ve all been inundated with Brexit,  Leavers, Remainers, Boris Johnson ...