Network Rail Articles

For too long Labour has championed rail renationalisation without explaining how it will solve the problems that the railways face, writes James Wood Rail renationalisation has for a long time been an ideological comfort blanket for the Labour party. The public do...

When Corbyn promised renationalisation as part of his leadership campaign policy platform he opened up Pandora’s box of railway ownership. United Kingdom citizens often rightly complain about the very high cost and the poor quality of railway services. Recent polls...

All aboard the renationalisation express! Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour party leader has brought a number of policies back to centre stage, particularly the desire to renationalise the railways. This decision is controversial because it has direct impact over...

The franchising system for the railways collapsed last summer following the West Coast debacle and huge resources are currently being thrown at it by the Department for Transport in an attempt to rescue the process. Consultants – effectively anyone who has been...