Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Germany calling #2
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Telegrammed by Lord Tee Hee Having spent the past two days whizzing around the Karlsruhe tram/train network I can only wonder at the honesty...
Night of the long spoons
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According to Xbriefing, with a bowler tip to HQ Staffer , Gordon Brown will have a " Cabinet cull... by the end of the week... " X...
Lookalike XlX - Resigned to the WCML?
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This just in from PJ over at Network Rail's Internet Rapid Rebuttal Unit... Well, the ORR and Virgin have had one or two things to say a...
South Central: And the winner is...
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*** Rail Business Intelligence suggesting Govia has retained South Central, formal announcement expected after the Local/Euro elections***
No one expects...
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Whilst Passenger Focus, the official passenger watchdog, continues in dead sheep mode at least one lobby group endeavours to fight the pass...
Those Network Rail numbers in full
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The Goodish, the bad and the very ugly The Goodish : Pre-tax 'profit' year ending 31 March down to £1.52bn, from £1.59bn last year....
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Give 'em an inch and they take 1.609344 kilometers
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Think very carefully how you use your Euro vote on the 4th June. When is an HYA bogie wagon no...
Hoon caught out
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This from the BBC ... Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has become the second cabinet minister in 24 hours to repay money he claimed on his des...
Road to nowhere
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This gem from the Daily Express with a bowler tip to the very sweary Lone Voice ... THE Government agency responsible for issuing driving l...
Track temperatures
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The hot weather is causing both Network Rail and operators numerous headaches. As the temperatures climb so do the number of speed restricti...
We had to destroy the village to save the village
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Telegrammed by The Raver Just received an invitation from Railway Strategies to attend their latest supply chain conference . Alongside all ...
HMRI RIP
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The latest issue of Rail reports that after 169 years Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate has been abolished. The Office of Rail Regulat...
Advenza news
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This from the London Gazette ... In the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) Companies Court No 13101 of 2009 In the Matter of ADVENZA ...
Southeastern savaged by dead sheep
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This from today's Gruaniad : The rail passenger watchdog has criticised Britain's first high-speed commuter service after it emerged...
How green is my mileage?
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It looks like Westminster parliamentarians are not alone in causing raised eyebrows amongst constituents over expense claims. This from Wale...
Knives out?
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More revelations from industry Eeyore - the TSSA. This from the Daily Telegraph ... The Transport Salaried Staffs Association said it had ob...
What minimum wage?
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Good news for job seekers! FastTrack is advertising this exciting role on RailwayPeople.com : No doubt the salary of " £250 per year ...
Germany calling #1
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Telegrammed by Lord Tee Hee (yesterday).. Following on from The Velopodist's comments re Germany... Am on an ICE 3 between Brussels and...
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 ...
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