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Friday, 6 June 2008

NR makes £1.2bn "profit"

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*** BBC reporting Network Rail has announced an annual pre-tax profit of £1.2bn for 2007/8*** The Fact Compiler thinks this is good news as ...

UXB at Bromley by Bow (and more...)

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***Restoration of service now estimated to be at 12:00 today*** *** 12:30 - now slipping into this afternoon***
Thursday, 5 June 2008

UXB at Bromley by Bow (more...)

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***District line suspended whilst final works take place to defuse 2,000lb wartime German bomb. If all goes well restart of traffic planned...

Unrest at the NRM

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The boys and girls at York tasked with safeguarding Britain's railway heritage are a mild mannered lot. They are more likely to mutter ...

NR disappointment at draft funding settlement

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The Office of Rail Regulation has told NR to reduce its costs by 21% in its draft conclusion on the funding settlement for the railway to co...
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...
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