Time To Change

It used to cost me more than £5000 a year to commute from Crowthorne to Canary Wharf. Every day the journey was horrendous, often unable to sit, overcrowded, and late.

As usual, a historical lack of under-investment, old trains, short platforms, strikes, stupid pricing, and the perennial management v worker arguments, have made UK railways a laughing stock.

Luckily, when living abroad I had the luxury of using train services in Germany and Europe, oh so different, and so much fun.

Now we need to do something about our railways once and for all. Conceptually, re-nationalising the railways might be the way to go, but whatever we do, we need to do this in a very non-British way, to ensure that we get it right.

Let's discuss how best to turn our railways into a jewel that we're proud of…