Articles by Christian Wolmar - Page 4

CHANGE is the watchword of the new government. At the recent Labour conference in Liverpool, the words “change begins” were ubiquitous on posters everywhere, although what that entailed was mostly left unexplained.

Of the many issues facing the Labour government’s transport team, the least discussed has been the future of HS2.

Christian Wolmar finds himself in a remote and obscure but pleasantly busy corner of the rail network.

Christian Wolmar reflects on the point of some remoter stations if the service is so infrequent.

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.

Christian Wolmar on the hard facts of renationalisation.

Adverse publicity for Labour and the union could easily have been avoided with better coordination, says Christian Wolmar.

The last government should never have scrapped wifi for passengers and Labour should restore it, says Christian Wolmar.

‘Reversing Beeching’ was precisely the sort of gimmicky performative government style that helped discredit the Conservative brand, says Christian Wolmar.

The vulnerability of the railways has been highlighted in the past couple of weeks by two very separate events.