Christian Tage Forter Wolmar (born 3 August 1949) is a British journalist, author, railway historian and Labour Party campaigner. He is known for his commentary on transport, especially as a pundit on Britain’s railway industry, and was named Transport Journalist of the Year in the National Transport Awards in 2007. He is an advocate for cycling and is on the board of the London Cycling Campaign, as well as having founded Labour Cycles, which encourages the Labour Party to adopt a pro-cycling agenda.
Books in order of publication:
The Subterranean Railway: a history of the London Underground – 2005
Forgotten Children – 2000
Blood, Iron and Gold – 2009
Engines Of War – 2010
The Great Railway Revolution – 2012
On the Wrong Line: How Ideology and Incompetence Wrecked Britain’s Railways – 2012
To the Edge of the World – 2013
Railways and the Raj – 2017
The Story of Crossrail – 2018
Cathedrals of Steam: How London’s Great Stations Were Built – And How They Transformed the City – 2021
The Liberation Line: The Untold Story of How American Engineering and Ingenuity Won World War II – 2024
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