- Christian Wolmar
Articles by Christian Wolmar
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Opinion
Christian Wolmar: Budget lets down transport - and railways in particular
Labour's first Budget lacked vision and ambition for rail, says Christian Wolmar
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Opinion
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.
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Opinion
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.
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Opinion
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.
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Opinion
Pedalling the delights of the Barnstaple branch
Christian Wolmar finds himself in a remote and obscure but pleasantly busy corner of the rail network.
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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
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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Opinion
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.
