Treasury needs lesson in GCSE economics
Every year, rail fares go up and every year, the proposed increase in fuel duty is...
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Times review of Cathedrals of Steam
Review by Richard Godwin London has 14 railway termini, more than any other city in the...
The privatisation that never was
Let’s stop pretending that the railways were ever really privatised. When they were broken up into...
Letter to The Times: Cut the bureaucracy, open the lines now
Sir, The process for reopening railway lines as currently set up is cumbersome and slow. It...
By acquiescing to impossible rules, the railways are killing themselves
By trying to do the impossible, the railways are on a suicide mission. Trying to enforce...
Letter to The Times: HS2 is the wrong scheme
I detect that, like me and indeed Boris Johnson, Danny Finkelstein instinctively wants to support HS2,...-
Letter to The Times: HS2 review must look at fundamental questions
It is excellent news that the HS2 scheme is finally being subjected to a thorough analysis,... 
Letter to The Times: Extinction Rebellion demonstrates the benefits of pedestrianisation
There has been much debate about the rights and wrongs of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations but...
My (short) letter to The Times on franchising
The row over pension funding highlights the impossibility of transferring real risks to the private sector....
Letter to The Times on Driverless cars
It is unclear where the push for driverless cars (News, Feb 6) is coming from. There...
Terry Morgan is not the problem for HS2
The defenestration of Sir Terry Morgan, the chairman of HS2, has been as painfully slow as...
Letter to The Times: Fix potholes but don’t build new roads
It is excellent that The Times is highlighting the nation’s difficulties with transport as it is a neglected...
Times letter: Heathrow decision inevitable following Brexit
Sir, Bad government begets bad government. Ironically it was David Cameron’s fatal decision to hold a...
Nationalise the Thameslink Southern franchise!
Everyone hates Govia, the train company responsible for the strike-ridden Southern rail services. Passengers are at...
Rail companies need stiffer penalties
The cattle have started mooing. The least surprising statistic of the year is the revelation by...
