Monday, 1 June 2009
Most exciting Eye survey - ever!
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In May Railway Eye received 16,724 visits from 4,766 unique visitors. Apparently you viewed 24,954 splenetic utterances in total. So what? S...
Saturday, 30 May 2009
Devenish-Phibbs
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This from the Metro (with a bowler tip to Obnoxio ) Splendid! UPDATE: This just in from a Mr Gregory... Construction of Paddington started ...
Friday, 29 May 2009
TSC Snow Report is slush
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This just in from Sim Harris over at Rail Management ... Today's HoC Transport Select Committee report on the effects of snow on public...
Special
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Telegrammed by the Velopodist Readers may appreciate this proof from Leipzig today that bustitution is not a purely British phenomenon. Mind...
Carriage crash test at Long Marston
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MIRA staged a full-scale rail collision to showcase opportunities for technology transfer between road and rail. With a bowler tip to the Ra...
Traditional ceremony at Blackfriars
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A nice touch from Network Rail as they started work at Blackfriars station earlier this week. With a bowler tip to London Reconnections whi...
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...
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