According to the latest NR press release:
Network Rail today gave passengers and the people of London a boost by taking a big step forward in the delivery of the Crossrail and Reading projects. It has announced the intention to appoint Bechtel as its delivery partner for these vital congestion busting projects.
This move heralds the biggest investment in improving the railway for passengers using services between London, Bristol and Wales since it was built.
The Eye's resident Consultant Psychologist Dr Heinz Kiosk* writes:
"Readers will note this further example of Network Rail's corporate Brunel complex.
"This Freudian desire to outstrip the achievements of the dominant ur-father figure is of course an early sign of penis envy and reflects Network Rail Board's suppressed feeling of under achievement, compounded by a deep neurosis that they receive inadequate recognition.
"I would prescribe either the adoption, across the network, of an 8 ft track gauge or a doubling of bonuses..."
*With apologies to the late, great, Michael Wharton.
