Scottish Tory Boy: Is it Tom Harris' time?

Telegrammed by Barry Spotter The Times online reports that a Eurostar service came to a stand in the Chunnel this morning. Keen to make a mo...

A nice valedictory from Tom Harris to his soon to be erstwhile boss Read it here. The Fact Compiler wonders what the reshuffle holds for Har...

With the industry desperately hoping for a tangible commitment to electrification and additional capacity what did the Secretary of State ac...

Telegrammed by Arrow Head Be careful what you wish for. The Apostle of the Pantograph did indeed slip in something radical, just not what ...

***Secretary of State for Transport Ruth Kelly has announced her intention to leave the cabinet. Reshuffle expected within a month.***  

Queenstown Road triffids rule! Self evidently the " Do Not Alight Here " sign is cheaper than a man with clippers. Does anyone on...

When a truck or lorry strikes a railway bridge the infrastructure owner (Network Rail or London Underground) is obliged to suspend rail traf...

Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road It's good to see the owlish Robert Wright maintaining the long tradition of Financial Time...

Today's FT has come out firmly in favour of 'The Frankenstein' train as a means of accurately describing the IEP. ' The IEP ...

There are dangers in believing that old canard about the 'earth moving' during passion. As this South African couple quickly discov...

The Fact Compiler has received a communication from a concerned resident of Sheppey, which is soon to become a hole in the ground. It would ...

The Fact Compiler had assumed that last night's ATOC/NR fringe event was subject to Chatham House rules and therefore suppressed the urg...

Telegrammed by Brochet A wondrous new website, on the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station, has appeared on the interweb. Regretta...

Ruth Kelly - opportunity knocks! The Prime Minister is attending the Labour party conference. He addresses the Conference on Tuesday. On Wed...

Kent On-line reports that the Chunnel blaze was more severe than that experienced in 1996. Fire chiefs briefed Kent County Councillors and M...

Even though we are now in the season of mellow fruitfulness the Railway Gardeners continue to ply their trade (or Network Rail fails to ply ...

This from Auto-Trader Apologies for the off-topic post but it was just too good!

From our man at 222 Marylebone Road Wednesday morning sees the brothers and sisters debate Transport at t'Conference. Expect Saint Ruth ...

Captain Deltic of Modern Railway's fame is renowned for the surgical skill with which he wields the stiletto. Therefore The Fact Compile...