Back to work we go
The changing pattern of rail travel continues. I’ve previously noted the mid-week peak with more travellers on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays than on Mondays and Fridays. But now, it seems, the week has evened out…
Articles by Paul Bromley
Strike alight
Nice idea but wrong target. That’s how I would sum up my response – and, I suspect, that of many fellow passengers – to the announcement by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps that he wishes to…
Rail use halves in December
National Rail use halved in December as the “work from home” message and Christmas break led to fewer people on the trains, according to the latest statistics. Data from the Department for Transport suggest National…
Rail: a year in review 2021
It’s that time of the year when people look back over the last 12 months and look ahead to the next 12 months. I’ve just looked at my post from last December in which I…
At last
I suggested five weeks ago that it was “only a matter of time before ministers have to accept that making masks mandatory will help to tackle the current increase in (Covid) cases”. Now at last…
All change
An industry-wide review of train timetabling is taking place with a stand-alone different timetable on Mondays one of the options being discussed. Executives are also looking at more frequent minor adjustments to timetables to meet…
New realities of rail travel
One of the oft-repeated phrases of the last 18 months has been “we’ll be led by the data”. We’ve heard it from politicians, managers, business leaders and industry executives. But however reliable the data is,…
Ab Fab advocate
How absolutely fabulous to have a powerful voice supporting train travel as a sustainable form of transport. Support for taking the train rather than flying has come from actress Joanna Lumley. She wants people to…
Make masks mandatory
It’s time to admit defeat. Giving people a personal choice hasn’t worked. The wearing of face masks on public transport must be made mandatory again. I have several reasons for saying this: The rising levels…
Yorkshire takes early lead
It’s been encouraging to see the bids starting to roll in to be headquarters of Great British Railways. It’s equally pleasing to see that some of my predictions are among the towns and cities hoping…