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Dropping train wi-fi is symbolic of our miserable, pinched country
Why would a Tory Treasury encourage passengers by making services better, when it could save money instead?
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Can nationalisation by stealth save Britain’s railways?
The demise of TransPennine Express shows again how everything is starting to break after 13 years of Tory government.
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A train to Oxford means either a broken heart or the middle class at its most benign
On the train to Oxford, and my heart is full of misgiving. I have only been to Oxford twice in…
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The view from Switzerland, where big business rules
The streets are clean, the trains excellent, the politics consensual. But as the Credit Suisse bailout showed, Switzerland’s ruling class…
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Greece is becoming an illiberal democracy
The government’s sinister framing of an attack on me is part of a climate of creeping authoritarianism.
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What’s causing HS2’s endless downgrades and delays?
“The people’s railway”has been undermined by the UK’s disjointed approach to policy and planning.
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The latest HS2 delay shows the Tories are still putting the north second
This decision adds to growing evidence that the government has stopped caring about the Red Wall.
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Was Great British Railways ever the answer to the UK’s transport woes?
The travel chaos we see today is the result of a complete lack of vision and planning.
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From the NS archive: The city of Kiev is to have a new railway station
18 May 1929: What could be more appropriate than to make the station a living monument of the city’s intellectual…
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan warns the Transport Committee that train strikes are not over
The Transport Secretary told MPs that she doesn’t support unions that act “to the detriment” of their members.
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Are train strikes more disruptive than government policy?
Rail workers would have to strike for five weeks to cause as much disruption as demand for budget cuts.
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The lessons from Germany’s experiment with near-free rail travel
The scheme has proved wildly popular but has also exposed the strain on public transport.
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Labour is wrong to turn against nationalisation
Obsessed with dissociating himself from Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer is irrationally shunning sensible, popular policies.
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Could the UK make trains free to use?
As the price of season tickets hits five figures, the government should follow Spain’s example.
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Railways must adapt to how we live now
Changes to commuting and net zero goals mean we must work together to deliver better transport.
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