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Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Bullshit Bingo Challenge #1

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The Fact Compiler is grateful to Arriva Cross Country for sponsoring Railway Eye's first Bullshit Bingo Challenge. CROSSCOUNTRY APPOINT ...

Oh the irony

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Guido Fawkes points out the dangers of being indiscreet on a train. View Guido's post here. The Fact Compiler rather enjoys listening in...
Tuesday, 5 August 2008

Spot the difference

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There was much media interest at Darlington this weekend for the first steaming of the splendid new Peppercorn Class A1 Pacific locomotive 6...

Cheek

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As ever, it is a case of who you know, not what you know. There have been a growing number of complaints about ride quality on South West Tr...

Rounding error?

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Telegrammed by The Raver Rewriting history is plainly becoming something of a habit for the denizens of rail privatisation. Railway Eye read...
Monday, 4 August 2008

Worst dining experience

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Telegrammed by The Master Intending bon viveurs aboard today's 12:06 Paddington to Penzance soon wished they had packed their sarnies. T...

Now is the winsor of our discontent

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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road The Salon des Refusés of those suitably qualified railway people who have applied for Network...

It's a wind up

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Much excitement in the freight community. According to HM Courts Service there was a hearing on the 16th July into winding up Advenza Freig...
Sunday, 3 August 2008

Qui custodes

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Telegrammed by our independent expert Now is the time of year when that brave band of railway experts who apply to become public members of ...
Saturday, 2 August 2008

String 'em up

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A thug who glassed a security guard at Grays railway station has been locked up for just 15-months. Neanderthal yob Lee Senk rammed a glass...

Flat fleet

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Telegrammed by The Raver Judging by his latest rant in Rail the batteries on Nigel Harris's calculator need changing. He claims that the...
Friday, 1 August 2008

Thank You

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A big thank you to readers of Railway Eye. Especially to colleagues in the industry who have 'put the word around'. Our 5,000th read...
Thursday, 31 July 2008

Trying the patience of Job

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DfT has finally made the decision on who will manage the addition of desperately needed new vehicles to the Pendolino fleet. First the good...

M' learned friend

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Tom Winsor, former Rail Regulator, has an article in today's Times on the role of industry regulators. Tom writes: "Regulation is n...
Wednesday, 30 July 2008

And no one at home

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The Fact Compiler has received an intriguing invitation to the Weardale Railway's 1940's themed 'War on the Line' even...

At one with nature

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Good news for tree huggers. According to the Environment Times London Underground manages 10 per cent of the Capital's biodiversity. Mo...

Oyster in BBQ Sauce

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The TranSys' summer BBQ was an unusually subdued affair last Wednesday (23rd July) . In previous years the Smartcard PFI Contractor has ...
Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Silly old goat

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The Fact Compiler was tempted to ask whether this BBC headline perhaps referred to the Chairman of a major infrastructure company? Gra...

Clunking Fist shifts gear

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Telegrammed from our man in 222 Marylebone Road Gordon Brown, speaking at last week's Motorshow, said that the rising cost of oil meant ...
Monday, 28 July 2008

Cost control

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From today's Standard. "It could cost £50 million to convert the mothballed Waterloo Eurostar station into a commuter terminal...
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