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Monday, 2 June 2008

UXB at Bromley by Bow

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***17:17 - An unexploded Second World War bomb has resulted in the suspension of London Underground services through Bromley by Bow. Disrupt...

Kettle meet pot

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It's not often that Network Rail gets to have a go at the failings of others, so when it does it really goes to town. Kerpow! Hidden Dr...
Sunday, 1 June 2008

Peanuts and monkeys

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News that will have TOC owner groups quaking in their boots. DafT is advertising for a new Commercial Negotiator. Alongside all the guff abo...

This is getting repatitive

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Has the railway suddenly become CV fashionable? On Friday it was announced that yet another Chief Operating Officer has left the system to r...

Mappa mondeo

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The Independent on Sunday has a well deserved reputation for promoting sustainability and championing the environment. Only today its front ...

RMT gets it right

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Carnage during Tube alcohol party: Sunday Telegraph Very sad!
Thursday, 29 May 2008

Lettuce pray

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama used East Midlands Trains to attend a rally of the faithful in Nottingham last week. Pictured with His Holiness...

Disruption at Liverpool Street

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So who, or what, is to blame for the chaos at Liverpool Street? Network Rail are quick off the mark and have already pointed the finger at a...
Wednesday, 28 May 2008

It's Grand up North!

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***December '08 graph showing two Grand Union paths to Bradford***

Loo Roll unrolls

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Whilst TfL busies itself absorbing Metronet, and BoJo worries how to get the Big Grin Engine to cough up for Crossrail, it now looks as if t...

Popster defends NR overruns

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Coucher-Tiger-Hidden-Dragon and other residents of the Black Tower will be heartened to see that they have a doughty defender in aged popste...
Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Ken's little eggs

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Today is the day that BoJo took over Metronet and it's £1.4bn obligation to upgrade the BCV & SSR lines. It is also the day when a n...

FGW can't let sleeping dogs lie

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The decision by First Great Western to end joint occupancy in standard class sleeping car compartments has been greeted with mixed reviews. ...
Sunday, 25 May 2008

Three in the frame for Freightliner

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SNCF, Go-Ahead and Arcapita are rumoured to be interested in buying intermodal, coal and infrastructure train operator Freightliner, which h...

Metronet transfer to TfL

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***Metronet's transfer to TfL will complete on Tuesday 27th May.***
Saturday, 24 May 2008

Scottish Charter Trains

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The Scottish National Party (SNP) has had something of a Damascene conversion to the private sector in recent years - much to the disgust of...

It's the Railway what won it!

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Tory Toff Tinson's stunning victory at Thursday's Crewe and Nantwich by-election may reveal a bigger seismic shift in the electorate...
Friday, 23 May 2008

South Central Consultation published

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***SOUTH CENTRAL CONSULTATION*** The new South Central franchise is due to start on 20 Sept 2009. DafT published its consultation documen...
Thursday, 22 May 2008

New Chairman of TfL to be Tim Parker

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***GLA Press Release*** Mayor appoints First Deputy Mayor 22-5-2008 261 The Mayor of London, Boris Johns...

Who is the Lone Ranger?

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One of the first appointments to BoJo's new team was 32 year old Kulveer Ranger, the Mayor's Director for Transport Policy. Kulveer,...
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