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Saturday, 1 August 2009

2009 Railway Garden Competition #XVIII

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Huntingdon has a magic carpet! Lovely!
Friday, 31 July 2009

2009 Railway Garden Competition #XVII

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This just in from the 'Clapham Gardener'... Recent criticism of Network Rail's vegetation control seems to be producing results....

NatEx - going from bad to worse?

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This from Accountancy Age ... The future of railway group National Express is under a cloud after Ernst & Young raised doubts over the t...

ROSCOs: Leasing explained

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2009 Railway Garden Competition #XVI - Teutonic Efficiency

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The Eye has been pretty hard on Network Rail in recent months over its Railway Gardens. And just to show that NR is not alone in facing a ...

Rain on me

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This from a soggy Nottinghamshire reader... Passengers boarding yesterday's 12:15 St Pancras to Nottingham all got drenched as the wind ...

Sadiq says...

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Via Twitter ... On the 7.30 from st pancras to nottingham where I'll be announcing approval for the nottingham tram extension. Eye asks ...
Thursday, 30 July 2009

2009 Railway Garden Competition #XV - NR shows contempt for Chester

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This really is a case of pearls before swine. But if Network Rail is prepared to keep taking it, then the Eye will keep dishing it out. Yes ...

Sadiq says...

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Via Twitter Princess Badiya of Jordan will be there too. I need to make sure I remember Royal etiquette! Poor old Willie Hamilton will be sp...

Sadiq says...

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Via Twitter ... I have written to George Osbourne today asking him to confirm the Tories are committed to £1 bil spending/annum for concessi...

Network Rail to dispense with MOMs?

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This just in from 'Marshy'... Good news indeed for those whose journey's are interrupted by fires alongside the railway. Accordi...

2009 Railway Garden Competition #14

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Our latest entry is a genuine Railway Garden! This from the London Evening Standard ... A memorial garden for the victims of the Clapham rai...

Sadiq says...

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Via Twitter... Just driven a coach around a training circuit, in and out of cones. Nat Exp examiner reckons I'm a brilliant driver. No b...

Lookalike XXIV - Rev Dame Stephen Sorby

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Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Desert foxed

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***RMoL suffers El Alamein moment ***

2009 Railway Garden Competition - ENTRY DISQUALIFIED

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This from DOS Ambala Division, Northern Railway... Flattered though you may be to find that your august column is read, with great interest,...
Monday, 27 July 2009

Sadiq says...

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Via Twitter ... Just had my 1st meeting with Passenger Focus - their job to stand up for commuters on rail (buses too soon) Good discussion ...

Super Excess would be a better name

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This from a Mr Saltaire... Remember the Eurostar court case which resulted in the railway coughing up damages and costs to a courier company...

2009 Railway Garden Competition #13

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This just in from Bushy... This is Euston downside carriage shed, taken this morning... Note the contrasting graffiti... Disgraceful, it loo...
Sunday, 26 July 2009

New diesel trains unveiled

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Now that My Lord Adonis has caped new diesel trains here's an idea whose time may have come. And with all the money going on electrifica...
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