NR goes back to the future at Quagmire opening

Is Network Rail now ready to embrace the railway's past?

This from The Quadrant's opening do.

Looks familiar?

Coincidence? 

Eye thinks not!

Pointless signs - Milton Keynes Central

This from the Class 9 Swinger...

 

The sign on the post reads:

"This is a Pay & Display Car Park [actually it's been converted into a taxi rank, but let's not quibble] BR Car Park at rear".

Nice to see that on the the eve of  Network Rail HQ's arrival at Milton Keynes, BR still lives on!

UPDATE: This from Al Green...

The sign is indeed wrong, but so is the Railway Eye caption. 

The sign faces what is now the kiss & drop short term parking area. 

The taxi rank - which curiously the sign used to face - has been moved to the other side of the square, as can be seen in the photo.

Network Rail calls time on Quagmire commute

This from Billy Connections...

I note that Railnews is reporting the following:

A REQUIREMENT that Network Rail staff must not live more than a certain distance from the company's new HQ in Milton Keynes has angered the white collar rail union TSSA, which is accusing the company of acting 'illegally'.

Hmmm...

It's all very well Network Rail mandating a maximum of 75 minutes commuting time for employees at the new Milton Keynes headquarters, but has management thought through the details of the rule.

For a start does it apply to home-front-door to office-front-door? Is it station to station, is it wheels rolling to wheels stationary?

Is it based on the Working Timetable or the GB Public Timetable? The WTT, produced by NR's timetablers has shorter journey times than the GBPTT which includes allowances determined by the TOCs.

Will the timetablers at MK suddenly become very popular when a minute cut from a schedule means that you can continue to live in your agreeable six bedroom detached house rather than a three bed semi in MK's concrete city?

Will the civil engineers suddenly become everyone's best mates, when lifting a PSR that has the same effect?

Will the HR department face claims for constructive dismissal backed by Timetabling Consultancies?

And, finally, who is to head up the new, 20 strong, Commuting Range Analsysis Group?