Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Screw the passenger
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This just in from Gareth Marston, Chairman of SARPA " Passengers hoping to catch the 16:24 Arriva Trains Wales service from Birmingham ...
String 'em up!
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It's time for the annual round of recriminations over who is responsible for the Christmas shutdown. This from the Independent : " ...
McMaglev
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The Fact Compiler missed this story in the Sunday Times. Fortunately it was picked up by Tom Harris . On this issue Tom is spot on...
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
Write your own cheque
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Wishing all readers a blessed and festive Christmas. From the Railway Eye team: Barry Spotter, Brochet, Eboracum (50a), Jack Ketch, King Co...
Officially doomed
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This just in from Gallery News, the parliamentary news service... "The UK economy contracted between July and September faster than had...
Monday, 22 December 2008
Christmas Conundrum
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Telegrammed by Tom over at Boriswatch ... How long before we see Transport Minister Lord Ford of Deltic announcing Government support for ke...
Tips on how to score
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Time for some festive cheer from the latest exciting Eye survey. Readers were asked to answer a simple question by Tom Harris MP. The result...
Bombardier Stock Up !
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Good news for UK train manufacturing! DafT today published the list of prequalified bidders for the additional vehicles announced in the Nov...
Quick spin in a Routemaster
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Telegrammed by our Independent Expert Lot's of press plaudits over the weekend for BoJo's new Routemaster designs. In Saturday's...
Sunday, 21 December 2008
Chestnuts burning...
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This just in from Driver Potter Surprisingly no connection with a certain charter operator ...
O Oriens
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This from those naughty boys and girls at Train Sardine! According to their website ... " Government minister Geoff Hoon, Sir Richard B...
Saturday, 20 December 2008
O Clavis David
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As Railway Eye counts down towards Christmas The Fact Compiler welcome appropriate seasonal contributions. First out of the advent calendar ...
Police 5 Citizens 0
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This just in from Sim Harris ... " Once again, DafT (like the rest of Government) is assuming limitless power. From yesterday's DfT...
Friday, 19 December 2008
Police 5
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Telegrammed by the Archer Given the on-going delay to the IEP programme... ...and the inevitable knock-on effect to the manufacturer’s cashf...
Fantasy funding
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Telegrammed by the General Manager NR piles on £1.1m of debt each day across CP4 As the bosses of Network Rail passed round the celebratory...
NatEx to sack 750
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Telegrammed by the General Manager Thousands of pissed off customers, 750 Christmases wrecked and one boss sitting pretty in a pear tree. In...
OFFICIAL: IEP decision postponed till '09
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The DfT Press Office has confirmed that it now hopes to make an announcement about the preferred bidder for the Inter-City Express Programme...
IEP derailed?
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So it looks as if the IEP procurement fiasco has finally collapsed because Britain's broke. Whilst we are still awaiting an announcement...
1955 and all that
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This just in from Captain Deltic ... "Rollout of the prototype Deltic - then the most powerful single unit locomotive in the world - wa...
HST versus Meridian
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This from Matthew Parris in yesterday's Times ... " I'm missing the big, wide carriages with generous tables, high ceilings for...
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