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Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Ford on Four

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For night owls, or early birds, the Eye understands that Roger Ford will be on Radio 4's Today Programme at 07:15 this morning (Wednesda...

Bowker to resign?

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***BBC 10 'o' Clock News reporting Richard Bowker to stand down as Chief Executive of National Express Group*** UPDATE: This from Do...

A new era unfurls #6

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Telegrammed by our Independent Expert Today's sorry saga on the West Coast Main Line gets worse. Arriving at Euston at 17:30 there was r...

NR flounders defending the indefensible

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This from The Times ... Network Rail has mounted a campaign to defend its controversial bonus scheme, under which the directors are due to c...

Eurostar spikes e-Borders

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Hurrah for plucky little Eurostar. This from Chris Williams over at the The Register ... Cross-Channel train operator Eurostar says it will ...

How to solve the NXEC problem

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Telegrammed by Leo Pink With the world waiting agog to hear how, with one bound, Richard Bowker and NatEx are free of the East Coast franchi...

A new era unfurls #5

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Telegrammed by our Independent Expert Another f-up on the West Coast Main Line today because of signal problems on southbound lines. Glasgow...

Vincent departs Angel for South America

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Jane Vincent, Angel Trains Communications Manager for the last four years, leaves the company today as part of the Rosco's redundancy pr...

Mac's back

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***Mac Mackintosh has been appointed as acting engineering director at London Midland, with a bowler tip to TransportXtra ***

Do as I say but not as I do

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Today Passenger Focus published the results of its Spring 2009 Passenger Satisfaction Survey. One of the questions the watchdog asked passen...

Open Access Operators Redacted!

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Telegrammed by Ithuriel Has Passenger Focus been nobbled? Why are the open access operators not listed in its latest Passenger Satisfaction...

Arriva pessimistic about rail market

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This from Reuters ... Shares in bus and train operator Arriva (ARI.L) are down 3.9 percent as the firm warns that the slowdown in passenger ...

Offical - Eye is "unsuitable" says NR

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The Eye has received the following missive from a concerned reader... Dear Fact Compiler, Although you give a reason for the possible lack o...
Monday, 29 June 2009

Postman Patel RIP

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The Fact Compiler missed this and now it is too late. Postman Patel With a bowler tip to dyspozytor

A new era unfurls #4

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Telegrammed by the Master You men of old... look and weep. Taken on Friday at Carlisle on the New West Coast Main Line (costing circa £9.05...

Stick it on account

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This from Transport Briefing ... Transport secretary Andrew Adonis will set out detailed plans for railway electrification within the next f...

Hogs on the high

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Guess the story... Unbelievable. UPDATE: And now it gets surreal! Network Rail and the Royal Northern College of Music are to offer the worl...

ATOC loses Chairman

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Oh dear. All is not well at Bernard Street This from ATOC... The ATOC Board has announced that it has accepted the resignation of its Cha...

NatEx rejects first overtures

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This from National Express Group PLC... Statement regarding press speculation National Express Group PLC ('National Express' or ...
Sunday, 28 June 2009

Scott to leave NRM

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This from The Press , York... " Andrew Scott is to retire as director of the National Railway Museum (NRM) later this year. " As w...
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