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...
