Rachel Reeves wants to level up your commute. Does she have the money?
The cost of London’s Elizabeth Line alone outstrips the total capital spending announced on Wednesday.
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The case for devolving the railways
The national government is too risk averse to fund trainlines. Let communities raise the money themselves.
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In defence of the London Overground rebrand
At the unveiling ceremony for the newly named lines, I found more than expensive virtue signalling.
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HS2 was never the north’s salvation
We have to abandon our obsession with this sinkhole of hope and money.
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Exclusive: engineers and experts say rail safety standards are slipping
Britain’s railways are among the safest in the world, but those who work on them say the culture has changed.
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Weighing the options in a country where nothing works any more
Should I give it another quarter of an hour, or cut my losses, get off the train, and drink myself…
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Unlocking the potential of a national asset, St Pancras International
As the number of train passengers grows, we must ensure the London transport hub is up to the challenge.
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The calm of the sleeper train
Also this week: Samuel Beckett’s advice, and the mysteries of time and loss.
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Where does Labour stand on HS2?
Rishi Sunak’s intention to shelve the high-speed link to Manchester poses dilemmas for the opposition as well as the Conservatives.
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The farce of scrapping the Manchester leg of HS2
Only this government would announce a policy such as this in Manchester, and still lay claim to levelling up.
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Bradford’s high-speed rail saga exposes Britain’s short-termism
The government may be revising its decision not to include the Yorkshire city in its rail plans – and that…
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The Stonehenge tunnel scheme and the madness of Treasury Brain
How does it make sense to spend £1.7bn on a dual carriageway through a Unesco World Heritage Site, but not…
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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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This England: Let’s park that
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Keir Starmer needs to privatise the railways
Nationalisation is popular, but the government basically runs the trains already and they are expensive and unreliable.
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Why we need a train network like France’s
While Birmingham and Leeds wait for metros, Emmanuel Macron is rolling out Paris-style trains in cities across France.
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Why has my train been cancelled… again?
A series of strikes are planned over the next ten days. Honestly, I’d stay at home.
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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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