Goodnight European Sleepers
Passengers hurrying for an evening train on Friday December 12 at Paris Gare de l’Est were greeted with a small demonstration and speeches. In the rain at the other end…
Radio 4’s Today – It’s a visual thing
I’ve stared into the eyes of the inquisitor-in-chief. For five minutes earlier this morning, all the separated me from John Humphrys were a couple of microphones and the desk from…
Brunel’s Paddington Loco Shed
Crossrail’s archaeologists don’t just dig up ancient skeletons from plague pits in the City of London, they also cover more recent events. Witness their dig just west of Paddington station…
Rail freight terminal for Radlett
So Radlett is to receive a rail freight terminal. About time too. Its planning application has been wending its way through a tortuous process for most of the last ten…
Railway unions
Rail unions have an important role to play in representing thousands of workers across a variety of companies. They must be able to speak out – sometimes bluntly and sometimes…
New trains show the railway’s progress
There’s nothing like new trains for showing visible progress in modernising a railway. New signalling passes most passengers by and there’s not much a following for new lifts and escalators.…
An afternoon with Parliament’s Transport Select Committee
When Gwyneth Dunwoody chaired Parliament’s Transport Select Committee she used to favour the rooms along an upstairs corridor in the Houses of Parliament themselves. These rooms were cramped and they…
A few minutes around Manchester Victoria
Manchester remains a major railway hub for passengers and freight. In common with many other towns and cities across Britain it once boasted several major stations as different companies fought…
Canary Wharf Crossrail station
Canary Wharf is probably Crossrail’s most eye-catching station. Or at least the roof over it is eye-catching – the station itself is some 30 metres underground with the space in…