A reader writes... No student of Britain's railways in the 21st century should miss this gem published yesterday on the ORR website. It...

Somebody, somewhere, is not telling the truth. The consensus amongst the transport hacks ( Grauniad , Independent & Times ) is that the...

Telegrammed by our International Correspondent The National Railway Museum has its begging bowl out again. According to the NRM the cost of ...

Rail hack Chris Randall writes... "Thought you might be interested to see a piece in last November’s Rail Professional , in which I pre...

This from the Daily Telegraph ... They include Brian Souter, chief executive, who pledged 24m shares worth £28.7m. With environmental pre...

This from the DfT... Transport Minister Andrew Adonis and London Mayor Boris Johnson today announced the appointment of Tony Gregory as the ...

This from the BBC ... Gordon Brown is to order Labour MPs to back a controversial plan to exempt details of MPs' expenses from the Freed...

Telegrammed by Barry Spotter With the Stourbridge Branch still awaiting the introduction of the comedy Plastic Parry Mover, bustitution rema...

***Is this an omen?***

So London Midland has apologised for their dreadful recent performance. Read Steve Banaghan's frank admission here . As Go-Ahead is obvi...

Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road DafT, which of course has nothing to do with new trains allocation, is expected to announce on...

When faced with difficult questions the Department for Transport prefers others to do their dirty work. Latest to come to DafT's rescue ...

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch was formed to help improve railway safety. It is tasked with investigating accidents and incidents on...

***More froth from SWT!***

Good news for fans of corporate governance. This from the national infrastructure owner.... Network Rail today announced its new designate c...

The Sunday Times has further details on the company DafT has set up to progress HS2. The business section names top civil servants Bob Linn...

Good to see The Observer has been paying attention! Dan Milmo reports today that potless National Express East Coast is planning to char...

Telegrammed by our Independent Expert Mysteriouser and mysteriouser. Could the case of the missing Victorian ironwork from Primrose Hill sta...

Dear God! This from Transit ... The DfT’s former permanent secretary Sir David Rowlands is to chair a new company to take forward plans for ...

Telegrammed by the Archer Heathrow gets a third runway The roads get another £6bn The railway gets…. ...a new company to help consider the c...