Showing posts with label Rolling Stock Strategy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rolling Stock Strategy. Show all posts
Saturday, 11 June 2011

New Trains - 800 days of talk and no trousers!

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This from Captain Deltic... Today, 11 June, is the 800th day since the last rolling stock order was placed. Note, placed, not preferred bid...
Wednesday, 1 June 2011

NR produces Rolling Stock RUS

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This from GJ Churchward... So Network Rail has published a Rolling Stock RUS ! Eye readers can discover the salient points here: We have pub...
Thursday, 25 November 2010

602 days without a new train order

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For the avoidance of doubt... Despite all today's fine words and column inches it remains 602 days since the last order for new trains w...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010

601 days since the last new train order

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This from Captain Deltic... So busy proof reading Rail Business Intelligence that I overlooked that yesterday was the 600th day without a ne...
Friday, 1 October 2010

Look across the Channel and weep

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Compare and contrast: This from the FT : The French authorities have been accused of trying to block the first-ever order by an affiliate of...
Tuesday, 27 July 2010

New rolling stock strategy explained

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UPDATE: This from Bill Hoole... Why do drivers need a large plaque in the cab telling them the sort of train they are driving? So long as y...
Wednesday, 24 March 2010

UK remains poor man of Europe

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This from our man at 222 Marylebone Road Compare and contrast, as they say. Northern and EMT get 16 vintage DMU vehicles between them and t...
Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Rolling stock news - DafT shuffles the deckchairs

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Eye hears that there are to be quite a few HLOS rolling stock deals to be signed over the next 10 days. First Great Western, as speculated i...
Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Adonis comes clean on 'Autumn' Rolling Stock Plan

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This from Lord Adonis yesterday ... In July I undertook to review the Department’s rolling stock plan in the light of the electrification an...
Thursday, 3 December 2009

Will DafT's updated Rolling Stock Plan ever appear

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This written answer given on the 2nd December by Moley ... David Ruffley (- Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Bury St Edmunds, Conservative) To...
Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Rolling stock strategy is heading for a fall

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It's late. The Department for Transport originally promised it in Autumn . It now admits it will be published at the ' end of the ye...
Thursday, 15 October 2009

Seasonal conundrum

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When does winter start? The Fact Compiler likes the old ways and thus marks the start of Autumn from Lammas Day (1st August). Which means th...
Thursday, 23 July 2009

Electrification - where the trains are going

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This just in from a Mr Saltaire... I wondered if Eye readers might appreciate a quick and dirty breakdown of what today's announcement m...
Wednesday, 4 February 2009

New trains shocker!

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This just in from yesterday's Anglo-sino trade bilateral. UK Government signals unconditional acceptance of terms for Chinese trains.
Thursday, 4 September 2008

Shanghied

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Rumours of further changes to HSBC's rail division. Having shot both the MD and Head of Customer Services the banking group is apparentl...
Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Peter - we need you!

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The Fact Compiler has an apology to make. He has in the past accused DafT of being clueless. He accepts that this is not true. They are in f...
Monday, 23 June 2008

Clueless!

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Rail Minister Tom Harris had a difficult end to his week on Friday when there was quite a media brouhaha over his blog question demanding wh...