Sep 14, 2023 Taking stock – the crisis and imperative for change in Britain's railways By Richard Harper Welcome to the 'Recalibrating Britain's Railways' event series—a thought-provoking journey to help shape the future effectiveness of the...
Jun 23, 2023 Reflecting on UK rail draft regulatory determination 2024-2029 (PR23) By Mike Goggin Last week, the Office of Rail & Road (ORR) published its draft determination as part of the Periodic review process for the next...
May 25, 2023 Rail investment in Manchester By Richard Harper Yet another milestone demonstrating growing momentum for rail investment in Manchester. Back in 2020, the consequences of the May 2018...
Apr 04, 2023 Let's have fun in our stations and streets! By Mike Goggin Magnus Carlsen, a Chess Grandmaster once opined that “Without the element of fun, it’s not worth trying to excel at anything.”. It's an...
Mar 16, 2023 A simpler, better way to plan a railway? By Neil Kirkwood How we decide on the best use of finite network capacity and give access to operate services is one of the most fraught, but fundamental,...
Feb 24, 2023 The emotion and legacy of transport By Mike Goggin On this day, the anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine, I reflected on their efforts to change some fundamentals of the railway...
Feb 14, 2023 ...and then there's statistics By Richard Harper Last week's Bradshaw Address by the Secretary of State was widely covered, but I confess something made me uneasy - and I couldn't work...
Feb 09, 2023 Taking the hovercraft to Future Transport Forum 2023 By Matthew Trigg How many transport conferences include a ride on a hovercraft? This was one of many highlights from the recent Future Transport Forum...
Jan 24, 2023 Six rules for communicating major infrastructure upgrades By Matthew Trigg Looking back at the £1.2 billion East Coast Upgrade, the following lessons from this project still very much hold true two years later....
Jan 18, 2023 Railway infrastructure: a platform for value By Mike Goggin I have had the pleasure over the last few weeks of seeing in person how the railway infrastructure's can bring about vibrancy in...
Dec 09, 2022 Finding trends with maps By Clare Seldon It's great to have data for a particular snapshot of time, but what makes things even more interesting is to compare that data with...
Dec 01, 2022 What Government wants from the railway: summary of CP7 HLOS for England & Wales By Mike Goggin The Secretary of State for Transport (SoS) today published the Government's High Level Output Specification (HLOS) and Statement of...
Oct 31, 2022 Orlando Leads the Way on Airport-Rail Connectivity By Stephen D. Van Beek I had the pleasure of recently touring the new Terminal C at Orlando International Airport with MCO's CEO Kevin Thibault. This link...
Oct 26, 2022 Dear Secretary of State (October edit) By Mike Goggin In early September I wrote on these pages my thoughts on some of the challenges and issues that then new Secretary of State would likely...
Sep 30, 2022 Beware the stillness of the storm By Mike Goggin I have the pleasure of being on a cruise right now, and it’s heavily populated by people from the USA, particularly Floridians. Cocktail...
Sep 07, 2022 Dear Secretary of State... By Mike Goggin And so it came to pass that we now have a new Secretary of State for Transport here in the UK. As Anne-Marie Trevelyan inherits the...