Thursday, 25 June 2009
Lookalike XVII - Ride on Time Megamix
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Push-bike Peer was the 'good news' piece in yesterday's Evening Standard . So it seems churlish not to offer the following... W...
NXEC reposition deck chairs
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One piece of good news from beleaguered National Express East Coast. Sources suggest that the instruction has gone out " Fill all vacan...
Pinky and the Brain
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NR's Internet Rapid Rebuttal Unit has been very quiet recently. The reason why is now clear. PJ and co have obviously been busy in anoth...
WCML squabbles continue
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Telegrammed by the Archer From Virgin’s presentation at yesterday’s Railway Strategies Supply Chain conference: " Current performanc...
Poop poop! The case for Mr Toad...
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This just in from Waterbaby... Might I offer a different view to that repeated in yesterday's Eye piece on the Virgin/Alstom 'pit st...
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Andrew Haines to CAA
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You can't beat a good railwayman. This from the Department for Transport with a bowler tip to I work for First Great Western ... "...
Network Rail guilty of Water Boarding!
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Drip, drip, drip - the sound of confidence draining away. This from Nigel Hawkins over at AdamSmith.org ... Efficiency levels within Network...
Level playing field?
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Now that Lord Adonis is responsible for all transport, and not just railways, can we expect hi...
RMoL goes over the top
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It's hot Carruthers, too damned hot. Try to keep the men cool and away from Virgin PR events - you know how it unsettles them Too late s...
MR loses face?
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Good to see that the grown-up railway media can also upset its readers . The latest issue of Modern Railways contains a letter from a Taku T...
Lipservice to level crossing safety?
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Tomorrow is International Level Crossing Awareness Day. No, nor did Eye. Network Rail has started sending out press releases to remind peop...
Cooling the Tube
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***Diamond Geezer on the myths of Cooling the Tube , with a bowler tip to Boriswatch ***
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
RMT doing the day job
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The London Living Wage for Underground cleaners? Seems fair enough, it's a dirty shitty job and £7.60 an hour in London is not unreasona...
Talyllyn restructures
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***UK.Railway reporting that the Talyllyn has lost its General Manager due to the railway's " serious ongoing financial problems ...
Cuban heels
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Good news from 'Crow Bar' Bob and the RMT: RMT GENERAL secretary Bob Crow will be joined by Alabama 3, Aleida Guevara (Che Guevara’...
Network Rail Public Membership
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Applications to join NR's ' Stepford Wives ' closed on the 12th June. The Membership Selection Panel (MSP) hopes to write in the...
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road What a soft job speech writers have at the Department for Transport. All they have to do is di...
A new era unfurls #3
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Good news for the West Coast Main Line. According to Transport Briefing yesterday: Network Rail is to pump a further £50m into the West Coa...
No good deed goes unpunished!
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Telegrammed by Leo Pink Chile, having stood by Britain during the Falklands War, is now being targeted for retribution by the Foreign ...
Chinese take-away
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***RMT saying MTR out of bidding for Tyne and Wear metro***
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