Alex Singleton

On Sunday I was the guest speaker at the Cambridge University Conservative Association’s gin and tonic party. I spoke defending the privatisation of rail by the last Conservative administration, pointing out that, on all major measures, the railways have improved, whether you look at passenger numbers, punctuality, investment levels or safety. I pointed to the […]

How can we make Britain’s railways work better? On Telegraph.co.uk, I suggest that competition between train operators is key, pointing out two very good examples - Hull Trains and Grand Central - neither of which is a franchise holder. But I argue that the government is not championing competition:
The tragedy is that this sort of […]