Christian Wolmar

Christian Wolmar days Forter ( born August 3, 1949 in London ) is a British author, journalist and railroad historian. He is known for books and articles on transport and is considered a leading journalist on the topic of railways in the UK.

Biography

After graduating from the University of Warwick in 1971, he worked for various publications, including the magazines of Marketing and Retail Newsagent and the London local newspaper Hampstead and Highgate Express. Later he worked for the political weekly New Statesman and the short-lived newspaper London Daily News. From 1989 to 1997 he was a member of the editorial board of The Independent. During this time, he worked from 1992 for four years correspondent of this newspaper for transport issues and has published numerous articles critical of the privatization of Britain's railways by the Cabinet John Major.

In addition to columns for newspapers and other articles for railway journals Wolmar wrote several books from 1996 about the current state of the British railway system. He developed into one of the fiercest critics of rail privatization and spread his views in numerous radio and television broadcasts. Several times he spoke out against the construction of High Speed ​​2, a planned high-speed line between London and Birmingham, from. In 2000 he published a book about abuse scandals in children's homes, as he often wrote about the precarious housing situation and Korruputionsskandale in municipalities.

Wolmar, who plays in his spare time, cricket and participating in running events, is an avid football fan and supports Queens Park Rangers since his youth. In September 2012, he announced that he would seek the nomination as Labour candidate for the election of the Mayor of London in 2016.

Works

  • The Great British Railway Disaster. Ian Allan Publishing, Shepperton 1996, ISBN 0-7110-2469-3.
  • Stagecoach: A Classic Rags -to- Riches Tale from the Frontiers of Capitalism. The Orion Publishing Group, London 1999, ISBN 0-7528-3088-0.
  • Forgotten Children: The Secret Abuse Scandal in Children 's Home. Vision Paperbacks, London 2000, ISBN 1-901250-47-4.
  • Broken Rails: How Privatisation Wrecked Britain's Railways. Aurum Press, London 2001, ISBN 1-85410-857-3.
  • Down the Tube: The Battle for London 's Underground. Aurum Press, London 2002, ISBN 1-85410-872-7.
  • The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. Atlantic Books, London 2005, ISBN 1-84354-023-1.
  • Fire and Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain. Atlantic Books, London 2007, ISBN 1-84354-630-2.
  • Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World. Atlantic Books, London 2010, ISBN 1-84887-171-6.
  • The Great Railway Revolution: The Epic Story of the American Railroad. Atlantic Books, London 2012, ISBN 0-85789-035-2.
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