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Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Anthropologically misunderstood?

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Explaining Saturday nights chaos on the Circle line Mayor BoJo argued that the revellers had been "anthropomorphically misunderstood...

Spot the Crank #1

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This young man is currently COO of one of the UKs premier InterCity TOCs. Do you know who it is yet? Answers on a postcard please to: Chris ...

Credit crisis hits new trains

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Whilst The Big Grin Engine has ensured that English rail expansion is off the agenda the situation North of the border couldn't be mor...
Tuesday, 3 June 2008

LTW shoots Brian Cooke for backing Boris

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***London TravelWatch Announcement*** London TravelWatch confirms that at an Extraordinary Meeting this morning, the London Assembly Transp...

LibDems support HS2

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***LibDems launch transport plan*** Main proposals include: * Cutting fuel duty and abolishing VED over the next 10 years and introducing a ...

Oil's well that ends well

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According to the Daily Telegraph airlines are facing a £3bn loss unless oil prices turn. It can't be long before the first TOC squeals...

Kelly rejects "Super-lorries"

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*** DfT announces that heavier goods vehicles won't be allowed on British roads on either a trial or permanent basis. Cites potential to...

Take a seat - they're all free

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When "back to basics" adulterer Major Balls-up decided to unleash the UK's most idiotic privatisation there were romantic hop...
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...
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