Friday, 2 January 2009
TOC graveyard
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Good news for anyone brave enough to bid when the East Coast Mainline franchise is re-let. As National Express East Coast builds on the succ...
Ministry of truth 2
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road ATOC's mea culpa also sought to assuage the righteous wrath of its hard pressed passengers...
A child is born
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The Standard reports that for only the second time in history a child has been born on the Underground. The birth took place at Kingsbury s...
Ministry of truth
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road In its press release seeking to justify its members' swingeing fares increases ATOC claime...
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Fall-Behind Group
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Things are not going well over at Go-Ahead franchise London Midland. Serious train crew shortages are leading to daily cancellations - with ...
Greater reich
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So farewell English, Welsh & Scottish. From today you are known as DB Schenker . Catchy - not.
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Gongs
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Announced in HM the Queen's New Year Honours List: CBE Robert David Holden. Chief executive Officer, London and Continental Railways Ltd...
Missing resolution
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The ATOC media machine cranked into life yesterday and issued a release headlined: "TEN NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR RAIL PASSENGERS IN 200...
Economic & Efficient
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Network Rail continues to focus on Driving Down Cost as can be seen in the picture below. Iain Coucher writes... " Japan is an 11-hour ...
Double Standards?
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The Fact Compiler has been beseiged by emails from furious NR staff. Whilst the Eye had it's bottom spanked by the NR press office for ...
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Value for money?
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The RMT has returned to the Wolmar question : " As monopoly rail operators prepare to implement another round of punishing inflation-bu...
Dancing Queen?
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Surprising news from the world of Amazon. A quick glance at the listing for Wolmar's latest tome reveals the eclectic purchasing habits ...
A quick flutter
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Railway Eye's new tipster ' Depot Lad ' reports the latest betting in the Adonis £300 million DMU stakes : Tasty dog 5-2 (Fav)...
Sunday, 28 December 2008
Movers and shakers
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So it's all change at Network Rail London North Eastern David Pape will relinquish the role of Route Director on Monday 19th January. He...
Saturday, 27 December 2008
A brace of Harris
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Bowler tip to Nigel Harris for this... Chortle...
Friday, 26 December 2008
The Ghost Train
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A seasonal tale to delight even the hardest heart. It was Christmas Eve and nothing stirred not even a mouse. And certainly not the 21:37 fr...
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...
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