March 12, 2004

Public-run trains more punctual - South Eastern Trains…link
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February 11, 2004

Knight of long knife leaves blood on tracks - doubts cast on the accuracy of David Hare's play The Permanent Way…link
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January 26, 2004

The trouble with trains - a selection of letters from the Times Debate sectio…link
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Who's in charge of the clattering trains?

- nice long article from the Telegraph

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January 23, 2004

Whitehall can design failure into any industry

Graham Searjeant examines the history of rail privatisation and suggests that electricity and gas may well follow it into the abyss

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January 21, 2004

Track and train must be remarried, Darling

The railways were screwed up by the wrong sort of privatisation, according to Simon Jenkins of the Times. ...link

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January 20, 2004

Rail privatisation was working until the socialists screwed things up, according to Michael Gove of the Times. ...link
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January 18, 2004

John Kay reviews The Permanent Way

- via Iain Murray

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Regional train czars to cut rail red tape

Which puts me in mind of the words of our very own Brian Micklethwait: "Whenever they appoint a "tsar" for anything, it means they don't know what the $%$@!!! to do."

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January 17, 2004

Darling orders railway shake-up

- and rumours of sackings. Things are starting to get interesting. Oh, and there's a Telegraph Comment

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Ministers seek more control of railways

- maybe

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January 15, 2004

Rise up, ye oppressed commuters

Review of David Hare's Permanent Way. Sound dreadful

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Ministers ban rail report...link

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