Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Hoon of that Ilk?
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***Iain Dale suggesting that Transport Secretary Geoff Hoo n may have the same CGT questions to answer as Hazel Blears***
Resounding success at Norwich
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The Eye wishes to apologise for having opposed the gating of InterCity stations. The Fact Compiler erroneously believed that barriers woul...
The truth that dare not speak its name...
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road This written answer given in the House of Commons on the 19th May... Norman Baker (Lewes, Lib...
Sinking ships?
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An extra-ordinary puff piece on Richard Bowker in tonight's Evening Standard . Chris Blackhurst begins: " There are some people I...
Your name's not on the list
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Oh dear, oh dear. Not content with upsetting the transport corresponden t of a national newspaper it now appears as if the Virgin media mach...
More on the PAC report
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This just in from Mutley... Scrolling through the Letting of Rail Franchises report and paragraph 7 in chapter 1 caught my eye and may help ...
International news
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This just in from The Archer... Spotted on a recent visit to China: Are the days of Shanghai's branch lines numbered?
RMT opens branch on the NYMR
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The RMT has opened a branch on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway , where it has signed up 50 paid and volunteer staff. Is this the first RMT...
DB Schenker 'anschluss' garages
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This slightly incredible story from getreading ... A group of pensioners living in Theale who refused to pay a massive hike in an access cha...
Gentlemen of the Iron Road #1
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Telegrammed by Sir Arthur Sullivan There are those who work upon the railways, and those who live and breath them. The latest exciting Eye f...
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Lost in space
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Telegrammed by J Alfred Prufrock From a Press Conference at Euston today: Turning to trains and track, Sir Richard continued: ”With a £1bn ...
First for broad mindedness
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Telegrammed by our Independent Expert Welcome to Scotland - land of tolerance This from the Caledonian Sleeper latest brochure. " You m...
DafT's abysmal PPM
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The Commons' Public Accounts Committee has published its report into the Department of Transport: Letting of Rail Franchises 2005-2007 ....
Sunday Working
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The question of whether Sundays are a rostered turn for drivers has exercised many minds since privatisation. Most recently those at East Mi...
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...
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