The Fact Compiler is a fan of Rail Minister Tom Harris MP. Not least for his witty, self deprecating and frequently off-message blog which ...

The RMT's failure to close down the EMT Connect network on Saturday has caused embarrassment to the Union and anger amongst members who ...

***Rail Minister Tom Harris MP exposes how the West Lothian question is already affecting plans for an expansion in English rail capacity......

***The Times on Saturday had a letter from the Chief Executive of Eurostar exposing the litany of fallacies that underpin the Government...

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee took evidence on the 4th June into the National Audit Office's report "Reducing pass...

*** Martin Waller in The Times is touting Tom Winsor as replacement to NR's stay at home Chairman Ian McAllister***

*** 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 ...

***Restoration of service now estimated to be at 12:00 today*** *** 12:30 - now slipping into this afternoon***

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

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

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...

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

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 ...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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