- Christian Wolmar
Articles by Christian Wolmar - Page 4
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Opinion
Opinion: The travails of getting to the end of a branch line
Christian Wolmar reflects on the point of some remoter stations if the service is so infrequent.
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Opinion: Haigh launches Shadow GBR - but we’re still in the dark
Labour's nationalisation plan is driven by ideology, says Christian Wolmar, and it's unclear if and when it will solve the industry's problems.
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Upturn in TPE’s fortunes is a good advertisement for public ownership
Christian Wolmar on the hard facts of renationalisation.
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Opinion
Opinion: Poor timing from ASLEF
Adverse publicity for Labour and the union could easily have been avoided with better coordination, says Christian Wolmar.
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Opinion
Opinion: Better WiFi would send out the right signals to passengers
The last government should never have scrapped wifi for passengers and Labour should restore it, says Christian Wolmar.
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Opinion: Restoring railways needs a lighter, quicker touch
‘Reversing Beeching’ was precisely the sort of gimmicky performative government style that helped discredit the Conservative brand, says Christian Wolmar.
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Opinion: The vulnerability and resilience of our railways
The vulnerability of the railways has been highlighted in the past couple of weeks by two very separate events.
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Labour in a hurry to implement changes on the railway
Christian Wolmar on Labour's first frantic weeks in office and why the new government isn't hanging around when it comes to rail reform.
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Rail Minister Hendy has a tough job… but the skills to succeed
“Hendy will now have to demonstrate every facet of those political skills that enabled him to shift seamlessly from Livingstone to Johnson”
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Christian Wolmar: Labour fails to answer fundamental questions about the future of the railway
What now? Despite the length of the hustings, none of the questions about the future of the rail industry have been answered
