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Friday, 24 April 2009

First for North British news

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This from a powerful Leader in The Herald.... "Should ScotRail be trusted with the £2.5bn franchise to run 95% of Scotland's train...

EXCLUSIVE: FCC to reintroduce loco hauled stock

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Telegrammed by our man in the 4 foot The Fact Compiler would pay good money to see this on load 12 at Peterborough!

Sir Humphrey reveals Olympian thinking!

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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road You have to hand it to DafT when it comes to long term thinking. Over a particularly dry Amon...

Harris squares the circle!

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From last night's Evening Standard City spy column... BOBBLE hats off to trainspotter-in-chief Nigel Harris, editor of Rail magazine, w...

We'd rather have the TGV Mediterranee please.

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Telegrammed by Ithuriel Today's announcement by Network Rail of £2.3bn worth of Crossrail work includes: Electrifying the western route...

Brunel Complex - Dr Heinz Kiosk prescribes...

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According to the latest NR press release: Network Rail today gave passengers and the people of London a boost by taking a big step forward...

Virgin lite?

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As the recession bites ever deeper the latest TOC to consider thinning its ranks is Beardie Rail. They are already short one Fleet Director ...

An end to spin?

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Has SWT renounced the dark arts? Stagecoach has announced that its popular Comms Director Jane Lee is to leave her post at the end of April....
Thursday, 23 April 2009

TSC to interview new ORR Chairman

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The Transport Select Committee will hold a pre-appointment hearing with Anna Walker, the Government's preferred candidate for Chairwoman...

Into the limelight steps Chris Bolt!

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Doomed, recession, doomed, budget, God help us all, Darling disaster and it's all the fault of that maniacal son of the manse the OESI! ...

Return of beer and sandwiches?

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This from Humber Business ... Rail union leaders are to hold a "crisis summit" with the Government to discuss a wave of job cuts a...

Happy St George's Day

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And here a homily from his Grace, Archbishop Cranmer ...
Wednesday, 22 April 2009

TOCs shaft Andrew's big idea

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Despite depressing headlines about greedy TOCs increasing fares by 11% it's good to know that the All Line Rail Rover still offers good...

London TravelWatch struggles to make its point

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London's travel watchdog has accused TfL and DafT of conniving in a shadowy 'backroom' deal. In a badly written press release S...

Faith, tradition and reason

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Old Mother Damnable has spoken! " This Synod urges Her Majesty's Government ... to sustain employment opportunities, further enviro...

OFFICIAL: Hitachi out of Thameslink

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As predicted by the Eye yesterday , Hitachi have thrown in the towel on bidding for the 1,200 new Thameslink vehicles. This from their press...
Tuesday, 21 April 2009

DMUs 'r' Us delayed?

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Telegrammed by Ithuriel Specify in haste, procure at leisure... ...is the lesson for today! Apparently all three bidders for the DMU contr...

RPI hits minus figures

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The UK is experiencing the first period of deflation since 1960, according to the Retail Prices Index. In March the index fell to ...

Help stop cable theft

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This from Network Rail ... Network Rail is offering a reward of up to £1,000 for information leading to the conviction of cable thieves and ...

Bolt sheds light

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Chris Bolt the outgoing chairman of the Office of Rail Regulation has defended NR's bonus scheme. This from the FT : Chris Bolt, of the ...
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