- Christian Wolmar
Articles by Christian Wolmar
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Opinion
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.
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Opinion
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.
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Opinion
Adieu to Rail Partners… not au revoir
Christian Wolmar says goodbye to Rail Partners as it disbands without achieving its mission.
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Opinion
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
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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.
