Christian Wolmar is a regular speaker at conferences, meetings and seminars both in the UK and abroad on transport and, specifically, rail matters.
He often speaks at conferences on the latest development in the rail and transport industries and gives lectures on all his rail history books.
Christian gives around 30 talks per year and has spoken all around the country, as well as in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, France, the United States and Australia where he has twice been invited to provide his expertise. He has given two lectures at the Royal Geographic Society.
Future Events
The Liberation Line
Liberation line
Past Events
Liberation Line Chess Valley U3A
Appledore book festival Liberation Line
Liberation Line
A walk round City of London’s hidden railways
Liberation Line
The Liberation Line
Liberation Line
Liberation line
Liberation Line
The Liberation Line
Liberation Line
British Rail – the real story
Crossrail – phoenix or failure?
British Rail at Taunton book fair
Crossrail
Crossrail talk
Crossrail talk at UCL
Crossrail talk at Slough railway society
The Crossrail story
British Rail book event
Improving rail’s customer service
How the railways changed the world
Future of Mobility
National Wales Transport conference
Future of Van
Driverless cars: the future or pure hype
The Crossrail story
Mitcham and Morden CLP: Transport: getting better?
The Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge Growth Corridor: Can we plan for sustainable growth and make places that work for people?
Railways and the Raj
To the edge of the world, the story of the Transsiberian Railay
Trains, planes, automobiles …and buses
How the driverless car con is changing transport policy
Intelligent Transport Conference
Trains that changed the world
How to improve public transport
Railways and the Raj
A talk on Railways and the Raj with Shashi Tharoor and Monisha Rajesh
East West Rail and other railway matters
Railways and the Raj
Railways and the Raj
Railway renationalisation – is it possible?
Railways and the Raj
Railways and the Raj
Railways and the Raj, launch lecture in aid of Railway Children
Railways and the Raj
Railway technology: solution or problem
Engines of War
Railfuture conference
Railways and the Raj book launch
Railways and the Raj
Revolutionary Russia and the world’s longest railway – with John Simpson and Christian Wolmar
Global Conquest, how the railways took over the world
Chairing railway conference, RSA insurance
Fire and Steam, how the railways changed Britain
Vale of Berkeley Railway Society
Transsiberian Railway
Global conquest: How railways took over the world
Transsiberian Railway – Henley
Reviewing the railway revolution with Nigel Harris and Christian Wolmar
Skipton East Lancs Rail Action Partnership: The future of rail
Fire and Steam, the history of Britain’s railways
American railway history
What is franchising for?
Derby Rail meeting on HS2
The transsiberian railway
How the railways made London
Fire and Steam
Events archive:
To see older events (prior to Autumn 2014), please see the archived events listing.
Booking Christian for speaking engagements or to chair meetings:
If you are interested in inviting Christian to speak, please use the form on the Contact page. His fee varies according to the type of organisation and event, though of course he will speak free at charity events.
"I just wanted to thank you for all your effort as chair of the Transport conference yesterday. Many other members of GovNet staff noted how well you handled proceedings, especially during some difficult questions from delegates."
Jay Patel, Programme Manager, Govnet Events