Opinion - Page 6
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Analysis: Rail freight sector must bide its time for a clear strategy
How is our new government faring on rail reform? In our Manifesto for Rail series, Howard Johnston turns in this issue to freight.
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Opinion: Additional train paths from a scaled-back HS2
Current assessments of HS2 are too gloomy, as several frugal tweaks are available to improve its business case in the changed rail market, says Stuart Porter.
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Opinion: York’s North Eastern Railway memorial gleams for its 100th
A couple of hundred people gathered at York’s railway war memorial on a bright but nippy November 11.
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Opinion: How to tackle fare evasion
Now the regulator is to review protection practices and prosecutions process, our Industry Insider looks at the issues around fare evasion.
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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.
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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
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Comment: GBR in 2026 and support for open access and freight
Philip Haigh on new Transport Secretary Louise Haigh’s debut appearance before the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.
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Opinon: Looking back at Abermule 1921 - a head-on collision on Cambrian single line that killed 17
Philip Haigh tells the story of another Cambrian line accident over a century ago.
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Opinion: Rest day agreements to get Northern back on track
Too many cancellations are damaging the operator’s ability to provide a reliable railway. The issues run deeper than the use of fax machines, says Philip Haigh
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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
