Thursday, 28 May 2009
Scamalot - a lyrical reflection
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As Scamalot claims yet more scalps the Eye has received this plaintive cry from a reader: Here's my offering on Youtube about the MP exp...
London Bridge or Waverley?
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Good news for Michelle Jenkins whose son was safely born at London Bridge station on the Jubilee line. Of course now comes the difficult bi...
Left and right hand non-synchronous
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Does anyone remember Soap? The story of the Campbells and the Tates. The theme tune always signed off with the line: " confused, you wi...
PassengerFocus - on another planet
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Is this for real? This from TransportXtra ... Virgin’s Pendolinos have received the worst rating of any long distance train in a Passenger F...
Hope over experience
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Telegrammed by Ithuriel And still more from ' Not the 2014 show '... 'Transport planning will be much more effective if bodies ...
Mission accomplished
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Regular Eye readers may recall that NR's Internet Rapid Rebuttal Unit waxed lyrical last week about cheap advanced tickets. This update...
Lookalike XVIII - The Good, the bad and the ugly
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road So veteran railway gunslinger Graham Eccles has indeed answered the call one more time, strapp...
A little bit previous!
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Telegrammed by Ithuriel Yet more from Beyond 2014: 'The largest ever rail enhancement plan will be implemented in CP4', One of the m...
By their stats shall you know them
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Telegrammed by Ithuriel According to the Executive Summary of Planning Ahead - the industry's plan for 2014 and beyond: The rail indu...
The Grey Fox returns?
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Extraordinary rumours from London Midland Apparently uber-operator and railwayman's railwayman, Graham Eccles, is to join the TOC as Dep...
South Central franchise update
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This just in from Sussex Driver ... It would appear that the announcement about who has won the new South Central franchise is being delayed...
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
And don't spare the horses!
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This from the Thanet News ... "Confused taxi driver Donald James, 74, drove two terrified passengers along a railway line... because hi...
IEP exposed shocker
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This just in, surprisingly, from the late Sir Arthur Sullivan... After reading the ongoing expense scandals involving our MPs a connection h...
Syrup of figs shocker
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Telegrammed by the Velopodist Would that it were possible to find a shop like this at a British rail station. Just think how enjoyable it w...
Johnny Foreigner can't run trains either
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Telegrammed by the Velopodist I know anecdotal evidence is pointless. But I thought I might follow PJ's example by using my personal exp...
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Transport Direct - A quid a go
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Telegrammed by Ithuriel Good news for Transport Direct, which after five years has welcomed its " 50 millionth user ". No doubt At...
Beardie and NR go head to head
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Telegrammed by the Raver Just when Network Rail is celebrating punctuality at 90% (sic) into the inbox thuds an angry missive from Virgin Tr...
Tesco supports the Railway Children
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This from UK Fundraising ... Supermarket Tesco will donate £1 from the sale price of every 'Slumdog Millionaire' DVD and donate the ...
Monday, 25 May 2009
Hoon - go now.
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Nice of us to pay Hoon's accountant to prepare his annual tax return. This from today's Telegraph : Mr Hoon, the Transport Secretary...
Sunday, 24 May 2009
War crime at the Bluebell
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What is it with heritage railways and the Second World War? A number of years ago Peak Rail managed to offend nearly everybody by running ...
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