Why the slow train needs the fast train
02 September 2011
Why London should stop pussyfooting about building the new HS2 rail line to the north and take a lesson from history. Read my article in today's Camden New Journal http://bit.ly/nVNyf1
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May 2012
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On the slow trains of Victorian times
10 May 2012
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Heading off to take the slow train in Spain
02 May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
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On the Slow Train and the Virgin Trains Pendolino
24 March 2012
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On the Slow Train Again with Marc Jacobs
08 March 2012
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On the slow train in Spain
04 March 2012
February 2012
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On the Slow Train and Bradshaw's Railway Handbook
27 February 2012
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New departure on the Slow Train
06 February 2012
January 2012
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Slow trains can be better than High Speed ones
10 January 2012
December 2011
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On the Slow Train on the Jeremy Vine Show
23 December 2011
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On the Slow Train and the Spirit of Christmas Past
19 December 2011
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On the Slow Train Again is book of year
14 December 2011
November 2011
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Slow Train rescued by George Osborne
30 November 2011
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Slow Train rescued by George Osborne
30 November 2011
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The best 'slow train' in Britain?
17 November 2011
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On the Slow Train in WW2
04 November 2011
October 2011
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On the Slow Train and the Slow Tram
26 October 2011
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Architectural treasure on the Slow Train
06 October 2011
September 2011
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On the Slow Train Again becomes a pin-up!
26 September 2011
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Slow train wins on First Great Western!
24 September 2011
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You don't need to be rich to take the slow train
13 September 2011
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Record passenger numbers take the slow train again
05 September 2011
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Why the slow train needs the fast train
02 September 2011
August 2011
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On the Slow Train to Georgia
29 August 2011
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Beeching revisited - on the slow train
03 August 2011
July 2011
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On the Slow Train – and the case for HS2
27 July 2011
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On the slow train again – and goodbye to the signalboxes
24 July 2011
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On the Slow Train to the Olympics
12 July 2011
June 2011
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On the Slow Train at St Pancras
30 June 2011
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On the Slow Train in the last dining car
29 June 2011
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Slow Train in the British Library
22 June 2011
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On the Slow Train Again nudges Michael Portillo
15 June 2011
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On the Slow Train Again and James May
12 June 2011
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On the Slow Train and the loss of public libraries
10 June 2011
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On the Slow Train Again - and Fathers' Day
01 June 2011
May 2011
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Volcanic cloud benefits the slow train
24 May 2011
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Slow train on the Today programme
21 May 2011
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Final call for the restaurant car on the slow train (or the fast one!)
19 May 2011
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Elegy for slow trains and local newspapers
17 May 2011
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The Slow Train along the Settle and Carlisle line over the Ribblehead Viaduct
11 May 2011
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On the Slow Train now 'officially' a bestseller
03 May 2011
April 2011
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On the Slow Train Again aboard the Orient Express
26 April 2011
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To Salisbury On the Slow Train Again
22 April 2011
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On the Slow Train Again wins Golden Sausage Award
19 April 2011
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On the Slow Train Again in The Independent
18 April 2011
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On the Slow Train Again is 'a delicious read', says Evening Standard
11 April 2011
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On the Slow Train Again, the BBC - and the risk of a Beeching axe on local media
08 April 2011
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Britain's Top Ten Train Journeys
07 April 2011
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Slow Trains and smart phones
04 April 2011
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On the Slow Train Again on the BBC
02 April 2011
March 2011
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Expanding girths, train seat rage and why it's all the fault of the Romans
28 March 2011
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Slow trains, fast trains
17 March 2011
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World Book Day meets the iPad
05 March 2011
February 2011
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On the slow train, time does not interfere...
23 February 2011
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Slow trains and slow journalism
11 February 2011
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The poignancy of culling books
03 February 2011
January 2011
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So sad about Britain's best railway closing...
30 January 2011
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Two Michaels - a passion in common for trains
23 January 2011
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To Kindle or not to Kindle?
13 January 2011
December 2010
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The iniquity of rail fare rises
30 December 2010
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Slow Train - Big Society?
14 December 2010
November 2010
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On the Slow Train, fast rising rail fares - and the spectre of Beeching?
25 November 2010
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The infinite sadness of slow trains...
20 November 2010
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How the Railways Won the War - and a shock on the doorstep
04 November 2010
October 2010
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In praise of slow travel...
19 October 2010
September 2010
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God's Wonderful Railway...
28 September 2010
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On the Slow Train Again, re-reading Paul Theroux
18 September 2010
August 2010
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Will there be another Beeching?
06 August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
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On the Slow Train and a Michael Palin mystery solved
24 June 2010
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Searching for Michael Portillo On the Slow Train
17 June 2010
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The Oldie on the Slow Train
13 June 2010
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God's Wonderful Railway
07 June 2010
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'A superb narrative'
04 June 2010
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All Aboard 'The Slow Train Again'
01 June 2010
May 2010
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Slow Train author linked to North London Railway murder!
21 May 2010
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Station with sweet name back on the map
21 May 2010
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Steam fans like book about diesels, too!
20 May 2010
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