***Good news for those who want to see the wires go up."

The Fact Compiler has received the following amusing anecdote from a reader: En route to Wirksworth a colleague catches an EMT service from...

Now this is how Network Rail should select Public Members Teresa Villiers - get on down !

Driver Potter knows which side his bread is buttered on! His latest post offers some splendid shots of 3417 on the main with 73109 "in...

Another gem from Wednesday's PAC : " Within two years of the formation of the Rail Service Delivery Directorate in 2005, 30% of the...

Dr Death and the Department for Transport knows exactly which TOC's are in the sh1t. As this under reported session of Wednesday's P...

In Memorium National Express So, Farewell Then National Express. Famous for running buses Coaches and Trains. You asked DfT for hel...

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...