Don’t worry, we’re not going back to steam. Shutterstock/KarlWeller May 20, 2020 How coronavirus could usher in a new ‘golden age’ of rail travel Marcus Mayers, Manchester Metropolitan University and David Bamford, Manchester Metropolitan University The UK cannot wait 30 years for a modern rail network.
Martin Rickett/PA Wire/PA Images February 4, 2020 Northern rail: economies of scale show steady nationalisation makes sense Colin Bamford, University of Huddersfield The privatisation of the UK’s railways has been fraught with problems but it can’t get any worse for Northern’s passengers.
Queuing up after power shortages. Lewis Pennock/PA Wire/PA Images August 22, 2019 Train services are very efficient for shareholders – less so for customers Daniel Fisher, City, University of London Late trains, anxiety, stressful commutes, disruption to family life – just some of the woes of train customers.
State-owned East Coast train pulling into London King’s Cross. Matt Buck July 22, 2014 Renationalise the railways? That’s the last thing we need Philip Mortimer, Newcastle University So the mountain has rumbled and given forth its usual platitudinous mouse. Labour leader Ed Miliband’s pronouncements confirmed longstanding speculation that his party has plans for rail. In particular…