Railway Eye - the railway blog
Thursday, 2 April 2009

Bonus ball

›
Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road According to the Daily Telegraph, the Rugby Football Union has agreed a deal that should ease ...

Boris snow storms out

›
***BBC reports Mayor flounces out of the TSC***

Bombardier - braking news...

›
Telegrammed by Ithuriel Good to see Bombardier is acknowledging its quality problems. According to their latest press release on today'...

Money for old rope...

›
This from an irate reader! I received the following invitation to an event called " Railway Improvement : Rail services for the modern ...

Network Rail bonus saga

›
***Coucher launches offensive in FT***

Project Argus: We're all suspects now!

›
This from a very concerned citizen... It was revealed recently that the Government was training up 60,000 civilians to " fight terroris...
Wednesday, 1 April 2009

Selling England by the pound

›
Timing, as they say, is everything. Oh happy circumstance! Whilst Brown was bonding today with Obama who should finally be announced as the ...

Rudi... a message for you...

›
The Fact Compiler is unsure whether this is an All Fools' Day spoof or not. According to the Liverpool Echo ... MERSEYRAIL will give awa...

Lager mentality

›
Telegrammed by our Independent Expert Are stories about the recession a load of old rubbish? Overheard on today's largely empty 11:30 Eu...

Arise Sir Kevin?

›
This from the Oakham Rambler... As a former practitioner in the art of spin, I agree that Network Rail’s spinmeister-in-chief Kevin Groves d...

All quiet on the bonus front

›
***Silence is Golden - as indeed are bonuses ***
Tuesday, 31 March 2009

All change at Crossrail

›
This from NCE ... Doug Oakervee will step down from his role as Crossrail executive chairman today, but will not be in the office as he is f...

Don't forget your Tiffin Box

›
It gets worse! First on train catering hits the wall. Now the station caterer of choice is accused of being over leveraged ! One piece of go...

Parting gift

›
This from Thameslink Tommy... "The surprise departure of Elaine Holt, our highly regarded MD, quickly circulated around the industry . ...

Brunelballs

›
Using your skill and judgement spot the difference between these two quotes: Iain Coucher : "Network Rail is ready to unleash the bigg...

Jarvis news

›
Jarvis Pre Close Trading Statement Operating costs in the 2009/2010 financial year will be reduced to reflect the lower demand for Rail and ...

Too clever by half

›
Good news for the Department for Transport This celebratory press release reaches The Fact Compiler from National Express East Coast: TWELV...

Move over Ali Campbell

›
Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Kevin Groves is little less than a God!! Anyone who can persuade feared Standard Transport Co...

We are not amused

›
Telegrammed by our Independent Expert Vanished Victoriana - The mystery deepens. Regular Eye readers may recall how, just before Christmas, ...
Monday, 30 March 2009

For you the railway is over...

›
This from the BBC ... The head of Germany's railway company, Deutsche Bahn, has offered to resign after the company admitted spying on t...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
The Fact Compiler
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.