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Monday, 27 October 2008

Whither ED?

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So Metronet staff are finally to transfer over to London Underground in December. And not before time. The amount of duplication and man mar...

I'm on the train

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C2C is planning to invest in mobile phone busting technology. Read the London Paper story here. Not a future expense that needs worry EMT, ...

Gare de l'eau

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TGV service delayed for two hours! BBC report here. The gentleman involved is reported to be unharmed, although looking a little flushed.

Porterbrook flogged

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***Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited has announced that a consortium of investors including Antin Infrastructure Partners (the BNP Paribas...

Shoots foot

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Oh dear - the Tories grand plan to replace additional runways at Heathrow with a new High Speed line is already coming off the rails. Accord...

Cus-tomer

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Telegrammed by The Master No doubt people waiting further up the line will be tut-tutting the late running of this morning's 10:21 FGW P...
Sunday, 26 October 2008

Foreign Rail

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***Porterbrook, according to the Sunday Times, is to be sold to Deutsche Bank*** Read the Sunday Times business section article here. Briti...

The last shall be...

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Telegrammed by The Master The revision of the ATOC guidelines on enthusiasts appears to have hit a stumbling block. Regular readers of Railw...
Saturday, 25 October 2008

Shoots from the hip

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Adrian Shooter, Chairman of DB owned Laing Rail, is not backward in coming forward. Thus in today's Transit we read: " From day on...
Friday, 24 October 2008

Missing the point

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The proposed re-opening of the Leamside line is apparently exciting much agitation amongst local residents. According to the Sunderland Echo...
Thursday, 23 October 2008

Ambulance chasers

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Passenger Focus today responded to the publication of RAIB's report into Grayrigg. Anthony Smith, chief executive, Passenger Focus said...

Wrong Times

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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road It's good to see Ben Webster, Transport Correspondent of The Times, has returned from his...
Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Round the Hoon #1

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'How bona it was to vada Mr Hoon's dolly old eek again'... ...in tonight's Nottingham Evening Pos t : " I take a cl...

SUBTLE!!!!!

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National Express has kindly clarified the industry's view of the Department for Transport. This from NatEx's response to the competi...

Shock and awe

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Unbelievable! Lord Bradshaw asked Her Majesty's Government: " Further to the Written Answers by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 29 Sept...

Steaming

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Alas all is not well in Kettle-land. There is much huffing, puffing and wheel spin amongst the clinker cognoscenti about recent media covera...

How we once lived

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A reader has contacted The Fact Compiler to share the following Hull Trains press release dated from 1999. The press release reads " ...

What's in a name?

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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road We understand there was consternation at New Minster House when Lord Adonis rolled up after t...

Sheffield steal

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The gating of Sheffield station footbridge is causing Stagecoach franchise, East Midlands Trains, no end of trouble. The installation of aut...
Sunday, 19 October 2008

Less is less

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Telegrammed by The Master One has to wonder who the bright spark is at VWC who thought that replacing all the quiet coach stickers with far ...
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