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Department for Transport Freight High Speed 2 Infrastructure Network Rail Planning Train operators Transport Scotland

Rail needs strategic direction yet local delivery

May 27, 2020 Philip Haigh

London’s Institute for Government sits in a classy part of town, just a stone’s throw from St James’ Palace and the clubs of Pall Mall. I was among a small…

Infrastructure Planning Politics Transport Scotland

Glasgow needs better

May 27, 2020 Philip Haigh

Glasgow has the best suburban rail network outside London but a report now calls for more. The report comes from the city’s connectivity committee, headed by David Begg, who has…

Crossrail Infrastructure Politics

Crossrail staggers into another crisis

May 18, 2020 Philip Haigh

Crossrail is in a mess. Maundy Thursday 2019 came with headlines claiming that Crossrail might not open until 2021. Stories citing senior but anonymous sources within the company. On the…

Infrastructure Network Rail Planning Train operators Transport Scotland

Raising the roof at Waverley

May 18, 2020 Philip Haigh

Around the dawn of privatisation, Railtrack planned to build over Edinburgh Waverley station, to plunge its platforms into a stygian gloom so familiar to generations of passengers at Birmingham New…

Environment Infrastructure Network Rail Planning Transport Scotland

Electrification is still the answer

May 18, 2020 Philip Haigh

We need to talk about piles. They’re at the bottom of the railway’s current problems with electrification. The mistakes that Network Rail and its contractors made with piles on the…

Department for Transport Infrastructure Network Rail Operations Planning Politics Rolling stock Train operators

People make decisions, not systems or structures

May 18, 2020 Philip Haigh

Whether or not you believe that Keith Williams’ railway review will achieve lasting improvements, it gives chance to look at why steel wheels on steel rails help this small and…

Freight Infrastructure Network Rail Operations Safety

Restoring operations to rail’s frontline

May 18, 2020 Philip Haigh

Halfway between Littleborough and the western portal of Summit Tunnel lies a little-used trailing crossover. Littleborough marks the traditional boundary for Greater Manchester. Venture further east and you’ll be through…

Crossrail Infrastructure Network Rail Planning Politics

Crossrail’s challenges with an arbitrary deadline

May 1, 2020 Philip Haigh

Crossrail's opening deadline was always arbitrary. Let it finish the job.

Crossrail Department for Transport Infrastructure Network Rail Politics Rolling stock Train operators Transport Scotland

Problems that politicians cause on the railway

April 30, 2020 Philip Haigh

Ministers and civil servants cannot control aspects of the railway and then deny responsibility when things go wrong.

Infrastructure Network Rail Planning Safety Uncategorized

Soft skills prevent accidents like Waterloo

April 30, 2020 Philip Haigh

Any student of railway accidents knows how risks slip through the smallest gap. Gary Hart’s vehicle careered from the M62 onto the East Coast Main Line near Heck in October…

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Rail needs strategic direction yet local delivery

Glasgow needs better

Crossrail staggers into another crisis

Raising the roof at Waverley

Electrification is still the answer

People make decisions, not systems or structures

Restoring operations to rail’s frontline

Crossrail’s challenges with an arbitrary deadline

Problems that politicians cause on the railway

Soft skills prevent accidents like Waterloo

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