What a telling indicator of our times that much of the biggest rail news today is not British, or European, or even American, but Chinese.
The whole world seems to be wondering what the country’s rail minister did to be summarily dismissed, the latest figures on the growth of its high-speed network are astonishing, and now we hear of Chinese plans to challenge the Panama Canal by building a cross-continent rail link through Colombia.
Will we one day soon see Chinese investors and operators eyeing up British franchises, as European firms are already?
