Christian Wolmar - Page 2

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Comment: Gatwick compares poorly with Far East counterparts

Our columnist Christian Wolmar has been in Japan and China, where he experienced three airport services.

Christian Wolmar 24 Dec

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Opinion: Custom and culture, the pillars of Japan’s rail efficiency

Our columnist Christian Wolmar is in Japan, experiencing the brilliancies and quirks of its varied rail networks.

Christian Wolmar 17 Dec

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Opinion: Will Heidi Alexander be a Prescott or a Darling?

Will the DfT's third Transport Secretary so far this year hit the ground running, asks Christian Wolmar.

Christian Wolmar 11 Dec

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Adieu to Rail Partners… not au revoir

Christian Wolmar says goodbye to Rail Partners as it disbands without achieving its mission.

Christian Wolmar 28 Nov

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Opinion: £100m bat tunnel illustrates HS2’s fundamental faults

Christian Wolmar on what the £100m bat tunnel says about the nature of the HS2 project

Christian Wolmar 26 Nov

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Christian Wolmar: Budget lets down transport - and railways in particular

Labour's first Budget lacked vision and ambition for rail, says Christian Wolmar

Christian Wolmar 18 Nov

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Opinion: This is how we can make ticketing simple and transparent

Christian Wolmar reckons he has a simple plan to sort out the network's confusing fares structure and ticketing anomalies.

Christian Wolmar 4 Nov

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A better way to assess the true value of transport policies

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.

Christian Wolmar 16 Oct

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Wolmar: Labour must set to work on HS2 and control its cost

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

Christian Wolmar 15 Oct

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Pedalling the delights of the Barnstaple branch

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

Christian Wolmar 11 Oct

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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.

Christian Wolmar 1 Oct

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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.

Christian Wolmar 25 Sept

TransPennine Express 68023 Achilles stands at Doncaster on September 8 2022, on the rear of the 0926 Cleethorpes-Manchester Piccadilly test run. The ‘Nova 3s’ were withdrawn last year after the discovery of body cracks - a low point from which Wolmar says TPE has staged a recovery under the government’s Operator of Last Resort. KEITH PARTLOW.

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Upturn in TPE’s fortunes is a good advertisement for public ownership

Christian Wolmar on the hard facts of renationalisation.

Christian Wolmar 13 Sept

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Opinion: Poor timing from ASLEF

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

Christian Wolmar 9 Sept

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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.

Christian Wolmar 27 Aug

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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.

Christian Wolmar 19 Aug

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