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  0 February 18, 2019

  Book review: Monisha Rajesh, Around the world in 80 trains

  Monisha Rajesh wrote lovingly about the Indian railways in her previous book but this set her...
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  2 September 1, 2018

  The great train wreck

  A couple of weeks ago I met David Grime and Alan Noble, members of the Lakes...
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  5 July 5, 2018

  Doubts over driverless cars in the lion’s den

  I was worried that going to the autonomous vehicle exhibition in Stuttgart would be rather like...
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  4 January 8, 2018

  The big Spectator driverless car debate

  My debate with car enthusiast and advertising man Rory Sutherland Wolmar: Let’s face it: we’re talking about...
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  3 October 3, 2017

  Review: Britain’s best 100 railway stations by Simon Jenkins

  Stations, according to Simon Jenkins, are the forgotten part of the railway experience. People love the...
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  3 March 13, 2017

  Book review: Night Trains by Andrew Martin

    Night Trains, the Rise and Fall of the Sleeper by Andrew Martin, Profile Books, £14...
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  2 September 15, 2015

  Review of Simon Bradley’s The Railways, Nation, Network and People

  Simon Bradley dates the demise of the on-board meal service to 1962, when Pullman services no...