Railwatch
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what to do about HS2?
Whether they like it or not, the new transport ministers who will take over after the election will have to ...
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‘Nobody gives a damn’ lives on
In the columns I write for Rail magazine, I have developed the concept of the Nobody Gives a Damn railway ...
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Great British Railways – dead or alive?
There was a period soon after the arrival of Rishi Sunak in Number 10 when it seemed that Great British ...
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HS2 going anywhere?
The suggestion that HS2 could end permanently at Old Oak Common was an idea born of desperation. Although Jeremy Hunt, ...
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What Truss might have done
(Events rather overtook this column!) By the time you read this, there will be a new transport secretary under the ...
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From Marples to Crossrail – how things change
The new and very thorough biography of Ernest Marples, The Shadow behind Beeching, which has just been published by Pen ...
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The contradictions of railway policy are all too obvious
It is difficult to know whether to laugh or cry. At the same time as we are getting news about ...
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High costs are damaging the potential for rail recovery
One of the worst outcomes of the privatisation of the railways a quarter of a century ago is the failure ...
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Working together, a concept lost in the private free for all
Over the past few weeks, I have spent a lot of time talking to former British Rail staff for my ...
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Who is going to save the railways?
An emergency situation requires an emergency response. So far we have seen little sign of it. Passengers numbers remain at ...
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Crossrail delay is a shame but will be forgotten
It is a shame that Crossrail did not make its deadline of December 9th, but quite frankly, it was never ...
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Franchising in the doldrums
The future of franchising is in doubt following the departure of National Express, which once ran nine contracts, from the ...