Category: Rail

Off the Buses in Ealing

I reported yesterday that TfL is planning to increase fares on average by RPI+2 each year until 2018, and Travelcard

Boris has announced the 2012 London Transport fare increases already. Do we always get an announcement at this time of

The UK’s RTFO (Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation) is the policy dating back to 2007 that enacts an EU Directive requiring

Labour is choosing to attack today’s VAT rise as “the wrong tax at the wrong time”. I’m not so sure.

As we head towards what promises to be a fascinating General Election, the absurd first past the post system has

I’ve mentioned before that it is possible to write an essay about every UK rail journey. I have something of

I love the polls that, every day or so, appear on the Cambridge Evening News (CEN) website. Some seem designed

In case my Martian readers are online today, I should describe the background state of affairs: the UK has not

When someone says, literally, or in effect: “Listen to me, I’m a Professor”, be suspicious, very suspicious. Because the truth

A comment piece by Philip Stephens in the FT caught my eye today. Some wise words, not least about the