A cross country experience. Reflections on a train / bus journey from Oakham to Cambridge (August 14th 2025).
Traws Cymru – a trip around North Wales. A post describing a journey around North Wales using the Traws Cymru inter-urban bus network (May 18th 2025)
Rail through Porthmadog from the 1960s to the present day. A somewhat analytical post looking at how train frequency, timetable, connections, journey time and reliability on the Cambrian Coast Line have changed over the last 60 years. (March 18th 2025)
The Cross City Line – 1962 to 2024, which looks at the development of the service on the Cross city Line in the West Midlands between the early 1960s and the present day (February 1st 2025)
Public Transport in Oakham from the 1960s to the present. A blog that looks how road and rail transport in and through Oakham has developed and degraded over the last 60 years. (November 15th 2024)
Dudley and its Railways in 1868. A post describing the extensive rail services around Dudley in 1868 (August 25th 2024)
An election manifesto for Transport – an attempt to tease out the transport issues in the Labour Parties “Five missions” and develop a possible transport policy (June 27th 2023)
The 292 bus route from Kidderminster to Ludlow – an important transport link? A reflection on an inter-urban bus service and its wider role. (June 14th 2023)
“Train services on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways” in which I argue that the preservation of the railways “social capital” is as important as a business plan for the railways’ sustainability (March 31st 2022)
A new rail connection for Blaenau Ffestiniog? A blog post suggesting ways in which the FR Dinas branch might be re-opened to provide a link between the town centre and the Llechwedd tourist complex (10th January 2022)
The calculation of Covid-19 infection rates on GB trains. A post in which, using the work of Jimenez at Colorado, I present the results of some quantitative, if approximate, calculations of Covid-19 infection risk on trains in Britain. (June 16th 2021).
Covid-19 and train ventilation – a blog in which I look at the ventilation rate of window ventilated rather than air conditioned trains, and conclude that such trains when all windows are shut (ie in the winter) may well be the critical case for pathogen transmission (May 9th 2021)
A (half hearted) defence of Autonomous Vehicles and other transport innovations. My third provocative post of the week, where I argue that some of the much-derided recent transport innovations may actually be useful in some situations. (January 1st 2021)
The NIC report on “Rail needs assessment for the Midlands and the North” – common sense or betrayal? Another provocative post, in which I express support for the much derided National Infrastructure Commission report. ((December 31st 2020)
Engineers, roads and ethical standards. An intentionally provocative post in which I suggest an arguable case can be made that by designing and building environmentally and socially damaging road schemes, engineers could be in violation of their own ethical code of conduct. (December 30th 2020)
Some thoughts on ventilation and pathogen concentration build up. Some simple analysis of the build up of the concentration of pathogens in enclosed spaces (November 13th 2020)
Pollution, Covid and Trains. Some preliminary thoughts on the issues of air quality and pathogen removal from the passenger cabins of train. (November 11th 2020)
Leisure travel by rail after the pandemic – some thoughts on how the GB rail network may structure itself after the current pandemic (October 1st 2020)
Journeys by rail and coach – a reflection on a recent long distance multi-modal journey and how it could have been improved. (September 28th 2020)
Engineering, history and ecclesiology 