14 January 11, 2012HS2 case based on dodgy methodologyGiven the scale and cost of HS2, the case to build the line rests on remarkably...
5 January 9, 2012Passengers pay twice for rail journeysThe British version of Le Grand Retour takes place today as everyone finally returns to work....
16 November 7, 2011Motorway crash makes 80 mph look foolhardyThe plan to raise motorway speed limits to 80 mph, launched to much acclaim at the...
0 August 17, 2011Hammond’s fare gambleThe collective wail of commuters was almost audible at stations across the country when they discovered...
4 May 19, 2011Fragmentation is the problem, not the solutionHere is a bold prediction about today’s report into cutting costs on the railways: whatever it...
40 April 22, 2011Time to derail the crazy trainChristian Wolmar Train companies are expecting 400,000 people to travel into London by train for the...
109 December 20, 2010High speed evidence is flimsy I love railways. It was only the discovery of girls that lured me away from...
5 September 7, 2010A strike too far?Watching Bob Crow in action is an instant history lesson. His way of conducting industrial disputes...
2 March 27, 2010Heathrow third runway is a dead duckIt’s time to give up on expanding Heathrow, the world’s least-loved airport. The High Court ruling...
6 December 21, 2009Eurostar has let the railways down A love affair with trains is like marriage to a serial philanderer. Just when things...
1 October 16, 2009Boris bashes the bus usersBoris Johnson is discovering the hard way that as mayor he cannot just be the blond...
1 April 14, 2009Network Rail bosses not worth City salariesClaims by Network Rail senior managers that they deserve six-figure bonuses on top of their generous...
0 September 15, 2007Fire and Steam Review by Michael BinyonMichael Binyon powers through a rollicking new history of the British railway system, while Stephen McClarence...
0 November 20, 2004Tunnel VisionSubterranean Railway Review Few Londoners have a good word for the Underground. Every day something seems...
0 February 2, 2004Now charge £10 for congestionRemember all that fuss last year about the Congestion charge? London was going to grind to...