The formerly-doomed National Express is playing hardball, is spinning or has taken Lord Adonis' shilling.
This from the BBC...
Rail fares for National Express East Anglia are either being frozen or being reduced, the train company has said.
Eye awaits confirmation from Readers, Passenger Focus or Barry Doe (to whom we wish a speedy recovery).
UPDATE: This from Passenger Focus...
There will be some increases peppered around but broadly it appears to be true!
Good for them!
Whether restrictions have changed is something we are still looking into...
Saturday, 2 January 2010
2009 Railway Eye stat porn
In 2009 Railway Eye was visited 230,284 times by 53,152 unique visitors.
Top 100 corporate readership sources:
Top 20 referring sites...
UPDATE: This from Driver Potter...
*In best Mike Smash voice*:
"And in at number seven it's Driver Potter. Third rail-mungous, mate."
It's my pleasure to support, old thing.
All the best for 2010. Peace!
UPDATE: This from Chionanthus Virginicus (et uxor)
Thanks for your "in depth" probing in 2009.
Look forward to seeing if IEP can be killed in 2010!
Best Wishes for 2010 to you and to the Eye's family of compilers...
UPDATE: This from our man in the Four Foot...
My entry for the railway gardens and pointless sign competition - only in America!
Happy new year from Our Man in the 4'!
UPDATE: This from our International Correspondent...
Our Man in the Four Foot is slightly out on his geography about the train coming into collision with the roadsign.
To save anyone coming out from Behind the Water Tower with the correcting fluid, it is actually in Poland.
Szczesliwego Nowego Roku!
Top 100 corporate readership sources:
- network rail
- go-ahead-group uk
- manchester metropolitan university
- w s atkins
- national express group plc
- university of cambridge
- oxford university
- hsbc bank plc uk
- east midlands trains
- emap plc
- hitachi europe ltd
- norfolk county council
- merseyrail electrics 2002 ltd
- university of liverpool
- pnn
- denton wilde sapte
- westinghouse rail system ltd.
- london transport users committee
- parsons brinckerhoff
- west yorkshire public transport exec-1
- the tube lines
- hitachi europe ltd
- scott wilson
- abbey national treasury services
- ipc media ltd
- scottish water
- south west trains ltd
- university of exeter
- science museum
- pricewaterhousecoopers
- english welsh and scottish railways
- deutsche bank
- arriva plc
- lancashire county council
- virgin trains
- leicester city council
- crossrail london networks
- ove arup & partners
- london 2012 ltd
- university of durham
- serco group plc
- university of wales bangor
- british broadcasting corporation
- ashurst morris crisp
- university of southampton
- freightliner limited
- centro birmingham
- university of leeds
- h bauer publishing ltd
- south bank polytechnic
- trainline.com ltd
- competition commission
- interfleet technology ltd
- railcare (formally alstom)
- houses of parliament
- nottingham city council
- central trains limited
- university of bath
- telegraph group limited
- city of nottingham council
- passenger focus
- south east trains
- university of york
- aston martin lagonda limited
- british airports authority
- northern rail ltd (york)
- the university of plymouth
- andrews & arnold ltd
- university college london
- nspcc
- commission for equality & human rights
- lloydstsb cmf
- hoare govett services
- bbc broadcasting dataservices ltd
- the university of bristol
- greater london authority
- amoco corporation
- associated newspapers ltd
- first group
- haberdashers askes school
- fords of winsford
- laing orourke plc
- london school of economics and political science
- european court of justice
- imperial college london
- queen mary and westfield college
- research in motion uk limited
- university of wales aberystwyth
- loughborough university
- north lincolnshire council
- university of central lancashire
- royal bank of canada trust corporation limited
- sheffield hallam university
- city university
- apple computer inc.
- british sky broadcasting ltd.
- university of sussex
- ford motor company
- research machines plc
- leeds city council
Top 20 referring sites...
- wnxxforum.com
- newsnow.co.uk
- railforums.co.uk
- rail-magazine.com
- londonreconnections.blogspot.com
- wimbledonparkdepot.spaces.live.com
- tomharris.org.uk
- twitter.com
- boriswatch.co.uk
- railchat.co.uk
- facebook.com
- theticketcollector.wordpress.com
- polishrail.wordpress.com
- christianwolmar.co.uk
- firstgreatwestern.info
- englishrail.wordpress.com
- northernrailways.co.uk
- districtdave.proboards.com
- paulbigland.fotopic.net
UPDATE: This from Driver Potter...
*In best Mike Smash voice*:
"And in at number seven it's Driver Potter. Third rail-mungous, mate."
It's my pleasure to support, old thing.
All the best for 2010. Peace!
UPDATE: This from Chionanthus Virginicus (et uxor)
Thanks for your "in depth" probing in 2009.
Look forward to seeing if IEP can be killed in 2010!
Best Wishes for 2010 to you and to the Eye's family of compilers...
UPDATE: This from our man in the Four Foot...
My entry for the railway gardens and pointless sign competition - only in America!
Happy new year from Our Man in the 4'!
UPDATE: This from our International Correspondent...
Our Man in the Four Foot is slightly out on his geography about the train coming into collision with the roadsign.
To save anyone coming out from Behind the Water Tower with the correcting fluid, it is actually in Poland.
Szczesliwego Nowego Roku!
Lord of the Jungle for Tory Transport Secretary?
This extraordinary suggestion from the Grauniad today...
The shadow transport minister, Theresa Villiers, lacks clout... So step forward, Lord Heseltine. Britain's transport revolution could be your lasting monument.
Hezza, one of the Tory Big Beasts, announced in December that he would surrender the day to day running of his Haymarket publishing empire to his son Rupert this month.
With second jobs outside Parliament now out of favour this would free him to take up a chunky role in any new Tory administration.
The Daily Mail had already predicted the return of Tarzan to the front bench last October:
Lord Heseltine, 76 – nicknamed ‘Tarzan’ after swinging the Commons mace at Labour MPs in the Seventies – would serve for the first year of a Tory administration as an unpaid Minister without Portfolio in the Lords.
And of course there is no longer any obstacle to an unelected peer running transport - this precedent was established by no less a person than the High Speed Evangelist himself!
The big loser, were such an appointment to be made, would be shadow transport minister Stephen Hammond, who has made no secret of his desire for the top job.
Of course the Guardian leader piece might have been influenced by media savvy Lord Adonis himself - keen to safeguard his High Speed legacy or merely create mischief for the opposition?
Either way 2010 promises to turn up several more surprises as we head towards the General Election.
The shadow transport minister, Theresa Villiers, lacks clout... So step forward, Lord Heseltine. Britain's transport revolution could be your lasting monument.
Hezza, one of the Tory Big Beasts, announced in December that he would surrender the day to day running of his Haymarket publishing empire to his son Rupert this month.
With second jobs outside Parliament now out of favour this would free him to take up a chunky role in any new Tory administration.
The Daily Mail had already predicted the return of Tarzan to the front bench last October:
Lord Heseltine, 76 – nicknamed ‘Tarzan’ after swinging the Commons mace at Labour MPs in the Seventies – would serve for the first year of a Tory administration as an unpaid Minister without Portfolio in the Lords.
And of course there is no longer any obstacle to an unelected peer running transport - this precedent was established by no less a person than the High Speed Evangelist himself!
The big loser, were such an appointment to be made, would be shadow transport minister Stephen Hammond, who has made no secret of his desire for the top job.
Of course the Guardian leader piece might have been influenced by media savvy Lord Adonis himself - keen to safeguard his High Speed legacy or merely create mischief for the opposition?
Either way 2010 promises to turn up several more surprises as we head towards the General Election.