Fares review dodges the big issues
It was never going to be easy sorting out the chaotic fares structure. Simplification, standardisation, information,...
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Rail accidents must be put in perspective
As a result of the spate of four accidents on the railways across the world in... -
Rolling stock complexity is unnecessary
The most obviously scandalous aspect of the whole rail privatisation fiasco have tended to be over... -
Decision over East Coast is pure politics
Rail privatisation was supposed to have taken the politics out of the railways. Well, that was... -
London is booming but needs a transport rethink
London is a booming city and it’s going to get better. Successive governments have been accused... -
Public bad, private good – or is it the other way around?
In his George Bradshaw lecture given at the Institution of Civil Engineers in October, Tim O’Toole,... -
West Coast franchising chaos has its roots in history
The West Coast fiasco would have been rejected as a script for the political satire show,... -
Railways have cause to celebrate over investment plans and Olympics
There is much cause to celebrate in the rail industry. The Olympics were an amazing triumph... -
The chaos of the fares system
Everyone knows that the fares system is a complete mess. No other product has such a... -
Command Paper misses the point
The government’s Command Paper, Reforming our Railways: Putting the Customer First, which was finally published in... -
Alliances: integration or dismemberment?
‘The Times they are a’changin’, but no one quite knows how. The ‘Command Paper’ which was... -
Can Greening cope with big rail agenda for New Year
Justine Greening has kept a very low profile since being thrust unexpectedly into the transport secretary’s... -
Train operators seem to revel in making life difficult
Train travel is becoming more of a hassle almost daily and much of it is down... -
Coalition attitude to rail still unclear
It is easy to make heroic statements at the beginning of a new year about this... -
Hammond delivers for rail
The predictions that the Comprehensive Spending Review would be a disaster for the rail industry...
