Surprising Claims from the High Speed Rail Policy Forum The High Speed Rail Policy Forum was launched on November 6th. Afterwards, Westbourne Communications made some surprising claims for...
How reliable is the Department for Transport? A preliminary report by Sam Laidlaw published on 29th October into the Department for Transport’s handling of the bidding...
Are infrastructure projects good for the economy? Bent Flyvbjerg who works at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, wrote a paper entitled: “Survival of the unfittest:...
Rail ticket prices – what premium for HS2? The price of train tickets is a topical subject now that we know the average price rise for train...
Unrealistic Passenger Forecasts Can the Department for Transport identify an unrealistic (optimistic) passenger forecast when they see one? Example 1: One of the...
Will French actions affect Italy? We have now learnt some more about which proposed TGV lines may face cancellation by the new French government. Many...
Debts and subsidies for High Speed Rail by Andrew Bodman The ongoing costs of running a high speed rail system are sometimes overlooked or underestimated. In July...