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Tuesday, 21 July 2009

Electrification - what's in the announcement

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The cabinet, we are led to believe, will be meeting in Wales on Thursday. Having failed to share their plans with the House, perfect timing ...

Manners maketh the man

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This just in from ' William of Wykham '... Might I use Railway Eye to publicise a cause very close to my heart? I wonder if I am alo...

NXEA has something on its mind

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National Express are obviously taking Lord Adonis' threat to strip them of all their franchises very seriously. At least so it would app...

Charge of the Light Brigade

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Latest figures from Moley on how light the government is in its promise to deliver 1,300 new vehicles... Norman Baker (Lewes, Liberal Democr...

WCML Upgrade underspend - Shocker!

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Good news indeed from Moley. Chris Mole (Parliamentary Under-Secretary) : The North West has benefited considerably from the £8.9 million u...

McBride of Frankenstein

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There are certain Parliamentary exchanges that beg more questions than they answer. This from the 20th July... Francis Maude: To ask the Mi...

Acronym Update - Letter D

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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road DMUP - Delayed Multiple Unit Project - The accelerated (sic) procurement of 202 DMU vehicles ...
Monday, 20 July 2009

London Midland latest

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This just in from 37422... Mike Hodson the new Managing Director of London Midland has inherited a franchise in a disastrous state, with cos...

For Monday read Thursday and screw Parliament

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Oh dear. As suggested by The Major it looks like DafT will in fact make the electrification announcement this Thursday, after Parliament ha...
Sunday, 19 July 2009

DB illustrates Teutonic efficiency

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This just in from ' die Bordsteinschwalb e' ... Have you noticed that S-Bahn Berlin has only 330 vehicles available out of 1260? It ...

Knights that go ni

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Good news from the Stobart Group! This from today's Financial Mail ... Transport and logistics group Eddie Stobart - famous for its flee...
Saturday, 18 July 2009

Pointless signs #5

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UPDATE: This from a Mr Holt... I was amused that the dump that is Macclesfield could claim to be Cheshire's best kept station. However,...

Vote for your top 10 political blogs

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Iain Dale is asking blog readers to vote for their top 10 favourite blogs. Email your ten favourite blogs (ranked from 1-10) to toptenblogs@...

Henry Allingham RIP

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This from the BBC ... Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man and one of the last surviving World War I servicemen, has died at the age ...
Friday, 17 July 2009

Monday's announcement.

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So the Department will finally make its long awaited electrification announcement on Monday. Despite the delays this is no mean achievement,...

Tomorrow's papers

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A big hand to Virgin Trains! One possible headline for tomorrow's Sun. UPDATE: As predicted .
Thursday, 16 July 2009

Setback for Adonis, DafT and NXEC

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This just in from our man on the frontline at the Battle of the Barriers... Listed Building Consent application rejected by the City of York...

2009 Railway Garden Competition #9 - Chester (again)

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This from the Chester Chronicle ... FORMER Beirut hostage Terry Waite has criticised the state of Chester’s Railway Stati on. He wrote: “Nor...

Pointless signs #5

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Pointless signs #4

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