Telegrammed by The Raver Boris was meeting the deputy mayor of Beijing, this morning, whose name is: Mr Chen Gang. We wonder how many...

Several pundits have pointed out that Geoff Hoon's father (and grandfather) worked on the railways. The Fact Compiler is struggling to s...

Before you ask - no we do not now own a Rosco. The £37bn of our hard earned cash that Gordon is throwing at the profligate wankers (sic) wil...

Our North American cousins experience a little local difficulty with a road railer. It would appear that incompetent contractors are not sol...

Below is a picture of Avonmouth station, courtesy of Wikipedia . Lovely! And here the station pictured just last week. Less lovely! And bel...

Good news for fans of vomit inducing modern art. According to today's Indpenedent the "artist" who created the kitsch lovers ...

***Railway Eye welcome Rail editor Nigel Harris to the blogsphere*** See Nigel's postings here

A message from Captain Deltic! The good Captain has asked the The Fact Compiler to point out that Lord Adonis fails to mention Sir Robert Re...

Train looking like a pigsty? Less people wandering round with bin bags picking up rubbish? A visible reduction in the number of contractors ...

Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Last of the Privatisation Jihadis? Lord Adonis, the grandly titled 'Minster for Nationa...

Paul Thomas is appointed Chairman of RSSB Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) today announced the appointment of Paul Thomas CB as it...

Telegrammed by our International Correspondent Brian Souter has told London's leading evening newspaper that leisure travel is down due...

Geoff Hoon today approved plans to expand Stansted Airport in Essex. Planning permission for the expansion was originally refused by Uttlesf...

***BBC reporting a chill wind blowing over BoJo's transport budget as TfL takes a £40m Icelandic bath***

The Treasury's plan to shore up the banks appears to have received a cautious thumbs up from the City. But what's this? A brooding p...

Wolmar is running a half marathon on October 12th for the Railway Children charidee. He writes: " I know these things are a pain but it...

***Iowa Pacific Holdings plans to reinstate all of the Weardale railway's 18 miles of track by the end of 2009.*** Read the BBC story h...

Alas, all appears not to have gone well at today's Railway Forum annual conference. Dr Mike "Death" Mitchell was given a speak...

Not a good day for Network Rail Southern and SWT. Local press in Hampshire are up in arms following the electrocution of an escaped shire ho...

Anglo Polish Railway website ' Behind the Water Tower' has scoured Geoff Hoon's website to come up with the following pictorial...