Christian Wolmar, the extreme left wing writer on rail issues has declared himself as a centurion of the war on the motorist. I imagine he thinks he will stir a frenzy amongst the socialist chattering classes and show how modern and eco friendly he is. Big mistake. 92% of UK voters travel by road while less than 8% travel by rail. It ain't helpful to annoy such a huge majority, even if a lot of them are Daily Mail readers.
I am a 50-year veteran of the railway industry and yet I drive every day. I use rail when it's more efficient than the car, indeed I prefer the train but I usually use the car because I am one of the 40 million people who don't live in London or other very large cities and who therefore don't have an effective rail service for the daily journeys I make. Come on Christian, get real. Don't make enemies of people we might get to travel by train if the service was available.
Bravo!
ReplyDeleteI don't understand his "leading transport commentator" tag when he despises everything to do with the motor car.