Telegrammed by The Master Anyone in doubt over the benefit of 'infill' electrification schemes would do well to pay attention to wha...

So Crossrail is finally about to start. With Terry Morgan confirmed as Chairman and Rob Holden strongly tipped to be new CEO it looks like t...

The Fact Compiler can see that ATOC is endeavouring to up it's game. Even daring to put the case for the Railway! However, this does not...

Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Watson, you will no doubt have noted the significance of the IEP preferred bidder announceme...

Good news for passengers of DB owned Chiltern. This from The Times ... The Fact Compiler would pay good money to see Adrian Shooter doing th...

The chill winds of the recession are now hitting heritage railways. This from the Norwich Evening News ... “ We have avoided redundancies so...

Telegrammed by the late Sir William Pollitt Wolmar's website ads are fun,fun, fun Hot on the heels of 'sugardaddies.com' the si...

Telegrammed from the Mess room by Barry Spotter Even if dear old Gordon is out of ideas, it appears that concepts from across The Pond are f...

Telegrammed by our Independent Expert Two faces of the railway this Christmas as the chill winds of recession turn to freezing. There's ...

Telegrammed by our Independent Expert After yesterday's WCML pasting by the media, here's the good news you won't hear on the Be...

In the most extraordinary come back since Mandy's return to Cabinet for the third time Tom Harris has leapt back into the ring ! Tom lea...

Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Time to pick up the gauntlet thrown down by Tom Harris yesterday. Tom invited the Major to ...

Gricers fall-out shock horror! This from the North West Evening Mail ... " Directors of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, which ru...

A Department for Transport scheme designed to cuts costs by £57m was so 'stupendously incompetent' that it has ended up costing £81m...

Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road FuCC's press release allows us to calibrate the term 'just around the corner' as i...

Much anger in mess rooms across the industry this morning, judging by the following missive: "Suggest that FC has a look at page 36 of ...

The Competition Commission report into the ROSCOs and train leasing market is due to be published today. This from the FT ... " The com...

London to Glasgow in 5 minutes ! Longer obviously if it's a Monday morning and you've just announced the completion of the WCML upgr...

***Ian Dale suggesting a February election*** Don't tell the Brothers...

Time to return to the Wolmar Question: "What are TOCs for?". The cynical view is that TOCs are there to reflate the coffers of uni...