Idiots About The Line - Soham

Time for an exciting new Eye feature - Idiots About The Line!

Our first entry comes from the Newmarket Journal...

Eye salutes Rosemary Aitchison, chairman of Soham Town Council, Cllr James Palmer, Cllr Peter Moakes, Geoffrey Van Orden MEP and Cllr Tom Hunt for trespassing on the railway, putting their lives at risk and potentially scaring the living b'Jesus out of some poor train driver.

Hopefully the BTP will soon be knocking on various doors to advise the above individuals of the exciting prizes fines that await them...

UPDATE: This from the Wisbech Standard 24...

Red faced councillors including East Cambs District Council leader Peter Moakes apologised to Network Rail for standing beside the track at Soham in Cambridgeshire when they toured the district with MEP Geoffrey Van Orden. 

Very good.

The benefits of privatisation explained - No 94

This from Railnews...

CANCELLATIONS of London Midland services are set to continue until December, the operator has warned. More than 60 trains are set to be cancelled in the Birmingham area today alone, because of an acute shortage of drivers...

London Midland commercial director Richard Brooks apologised for the problems, and added: "The challenge is that it takes over 12 months to recruit and train a driver, yet we will lose drivers after three months if they choose to go elsewhere."

And from Aslef, perhaps unsurprisingly, not a word.