Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Network Rail plays with political fire
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We know that Number 10 is annoyed. We know that tomorrow morning the Chief Executive of Network Rail is to give a presentation entitled: ...
The way of the transgressor...
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This from the Daily Record ... Teenager wrote graffiti on bridge moments before deadly fall onto railway track 'Nuff said.
PPP woes bode well for Crossrail
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Yet more good news for Londoners! According to Tube boss Richard Parry, quoted in today's Gruaniad ... "Regrettably, we now harbour...
May: "We was robbed!"
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It seems even the illustrious James May of Top Gear fame is not immune from the perils of railway trespass and vandalism. This sorry tale fr...
Monday, 24 August 2009
2009 Railway Garden Competition #XXV
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This just in from Tim... Pictured is Hawarden Bridge taken a couple of weeks ago. Do I win a prize? Alas no Tim - but Network Rail are certa...
All bets off at Derby
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Good news for York! Provincial backwater Derby has abandoned its grandiose plans to become the UK's 'Rail Capital'. According to...
NRES maps the future
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This just in from the son of John... If you are travelling to Dublin Ferryport and need local information then the National Rail website pr...
Pointless signs 10#
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This just in from Lee... With thanks to readers of the WNXX Forum who suggested Lee forward this to Eye.
Friday, 21 August 2009
Sadiq says...
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Via Twitter ... Exciting announcement on smart cards (like Oyster) for all public transport in the UK... Quite so minister. Although not ent...
Another maintenance holiday?
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Network Rail's East Midlands' Route Utilisation Strategy makes interesting reading . Here for instance... 3.1 Train operators At pr...
Flushed with failure...
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It's not just Pendolini, Voyagers and Merdians you know. This from 'Doron' on Tuesday... 18/08/09 10:15 2H81 TOILET FAULT DIN 15...
2009 Railway Garden Competition #XX - Revisited
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This just in from Dr Gloucester... I found myself at Salford Crescent again this evening. There may be an avid follower of the Eye in Networ...
North Korea sets ITSO standard
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Telegrammed by Ithuriel Why do the Government keep on insulting our intelligence? According to the DfT's consultation document on smart...
Mandy in hospital
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This from the BBC ... Lord Mandelson is in hospital for an operation for a "benign condition of the prostate", says a government s...
South Africa unites behind Midlands & Continental Shocker
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It's not just South African athletes whose gender is being called into question. This from the Derby Evening Telegraph ... Network Rail ...
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Pistols at dawn
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Telegrammed by Leo Pink Isn't it typical, you wait for years for a proposals for a new UK high speed line network then two come along. ...
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
We apologise for the error
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This beautiful piece from the Cornish Guardian .... In an article last week ‘Residents call for eyesore red wall to be demolished’ we said t...
Monday, 17 August 2009
Pointless signs #9
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This just in from John... I noticed that you have included Topsham in the Railway Garden Competition. Would it also be possible to enter it ...
Chiltern 'E' Shocker!
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Nice to see that the Chiltern press office has such good local knowledge of the towns its trains serve. Media Call First Direct Service to L...
Environmental benefits of electrification in question
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This from today's Gruaniad ... A study by Booz Allen Hamilton, a consultancy, argues that building and operating a new north-south rail ...
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