Monday, 18 May 2009
Better the devil you know...
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Outgoing Tube Lines boss, Terry Morgan, has let rip at TfL in the FT today. Terry Morgan... said the comments of senior figures at Transpor...
Euston Arch to be raised
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This from the BBC ... Stones believed to be part of a giant arch that used to stand at Euston railway station are being retrieved from an ea...
Sunday, 17 May 2009
Aslef, EMT & My Learned Friends
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A busy weekend for the search engines. Se veral of which have directed traffic to the Eye after the following keyword searches: "emt an...
I've done nothing wrong...
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You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Friday, 15 May 2009
Metro Max
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Following today's gala launch it would appear that Crossrail is to have a maximum operating speed of almost 187mph (300kph) . This fro...
Sparks RUS shows what we've lost
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Congratulations Network Rail on a truly excellent electrification RUS . Perhaps one small quib...
First Great Boo-Boo
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Telegrammed by our Independent Expert Radio4's 'You and Yours' consumer show ran an item today about FGW cutting back on restaur...
Duck Soup
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A question for My Lord Adonis. Why is catering on trains a ' commercial decision for train operators ' when, following the Pilgrimag...
Pound Force
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And in the interests of political balance... A bowler tip to Don't Panic for this, via Guido ... Disgraceful obviously, but not nearly ...
Justice Minister steps down
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***Shahid Malik, hoon and justice minister, has resigned his ministerial position***
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Brotherly love lost
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The RMT is running an exciting new ad campaign in Railnews. See how the glorious banners fly: Deepest red, martyred dead, stiff and cold, ev...
Stationers to Lord Daft Vader offered a role
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More common sense from Tom Harris MP : "Will the new Stations Champion be responsible for defending the legitimate rights of trainspott...
Natural selection in action - Southern style
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Herring Gulls have taken up residence in the 4 foot near Dover. View the Kent on-line video here ... Needless to day the muesli munchers are...
Stop digging Hammond
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NCE claiming Crossrail at risk if Tories win the general election: “We believe that Crossrail is a good project. It fits very well with our...
Leadership by example
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Iain Coucher has announced he will give up his annual bonus . "I am mindful of current sentiment, so I have taken a personal decision t...
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
BBQ season again
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Looks like EMT's Aslef members will be having another barbecue this Sunday, the second in as many weeks. This from the Nottingham Evenin...
First for getting DafT to bail out franchises
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Good news for First Group. Although profits from its rail operations fell by a whopping 20% last year, The Evening Standard today reveled t...
Public fury at Euston station
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Who would be a DafT press officer? At this morning's press junket to celebrate the opening of the West Coast Main line an irate member o...
Can DafT deliver anything on time?
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Are DafT undertakings worth the paper they are written on? In the South Central Franchise consultation document Daft glibly asserts that: I...
Angel to cut staff?
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***18 jobs ' at risk ' at Angel Trains***
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