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Friday, 19 September 2008

Talk is cheap

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Telegrammed by our man in 222 Marylebone Road According to Appendix A – 'Indicative Strategic Research Projects' of DafT's '...

Accessory after the fact

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The Fact Compiler has been contacted by a confused senior manager in a Rosco. Dear Fact Compiler , he politely writes. I am somewhat confuse...

Savaged by a dead sheep

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The Fact Compiler is advised by an impeccable source that there is raw fury in the DfT over the provisional findings of the CoCo investigati...

Hong Kong Phoey

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Strange goings on at Cross London Rail Links Having appointed Dr Phil Bennett as interim Director of Technology, the cash chewing project...
Thursday, 18 September 2008

Old queen

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Telegrammed by The Master Passengers longing for an end to the disruption caused by Victoria line upgrade works didn't know whether to l...

Ducking the issues

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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road £15 million to boost nation's duckponds!! Announcing a new strategic research programm...

Robbing Peter...

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It's difficult to know whether TfL or the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) will run out of money first. On current form it looks neck an...

Keep it in the family

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Network Rail strengthens Board with new appointments The company's Board will soon be strengthened in preparation for CP4, with three ...

Unperson

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Don't you just love banks? The Fact Compiler has received a communication from HSBC's very own Ministry of Truth. It announces HSBC...
Wednesday, 17 September 2008

Horley aerodrome

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***BAA have announced plans to sell off Gatwick Airport*** View BAA announcement here
Tuesday, 16 September 2008

Chocks away!

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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road It's not just Eurostar passengers who are deserting rail for air. Miriam Lea, Tom Harri...

Airway robbery

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With services through the Chunnel severely restricted BA is busy making hay whilst the sun shines. According to the Evening Standard the ai...

Cashrail

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Telegrammed by the RSM With the Lib Dems focusing on public sector costs it's interesting to note that at Crossrail people have been tro...
Monday, 15 September 2008

Turncoat

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From our man at 222 Marylebone Road Has the Fact Compiler gone native? Rail Minister Tom Harris returned from his Centre Parcs holiday and p...

Railway Garden Competition #10

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The Fact Compiler has received the following entry from a Mr Rayner of Ambergate. It shows a truly venerable railway garden. As Mr Rayner ex...

Number crunching #1

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Nice work if you can get it Go-Ahead increase in pre-tax profits - 19.1% Increase in London Midland off peak fares - 15% Go-Ahead carries ...
Sunday, 14 September 2008

Room uptop

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It's party conference time and The Fact Compiler has been invited to attend a series of Network Rail and ATOC shindigs where 'Team R...

Memory loss

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The Tories are having a field day putting the boot into Gordon and Shriti's disastrous Tube privatisation. Quick to jump on a bandwagon,...

The buck stops where?

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The Fact Compiler once worked for a guv'nor who told his staff: " Where there is success, it is your success; if there is a problem...

Anorak

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High praise indeed. A thread on Tory Troll says that Railway Eye is like ' Guido Fawkes in an anorak '. Interestingly Tory Troll...
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