Are GNER’s premium payments sustainable?
The new franchise contract for GNER on the East Coast Main Line, announced in April, marks a radical departure from existing arrangements and suggests that the government is seeking to reduce sharply...
View ArticleStrategic thinking needed for the railways
Governments of both hues have shied away from the fundamental question about the railways. What, in the 21st century, when access to cars is near universal, is this 19th century invention for? The...
View ArticleTransport Secretary for a day
7 30am A difficult breakfast meeting. David Rowlands, the permanent secretary, was none too pleased at being told he was being pensioned off with immediate effect and replaced by Stephen Joseph, the...
View ArticleRailways face good and bad times
The plan to introduce a thousand extra carriages on the railway announced recently by Douglas Alexander, the transport secretary, highlights the major problem now facing the railway: trains are...
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