This just in from Christian Wolmar... Next Monday (5th October) I am doing a literary dinner at Foyles in St Pancras - meal , lots of Wolmar...

Good news for Labour Party members in Brighton! This from Railnews ... Prime Minister ' excited ' by high speed rail and a new Age o...

Telegrammed by The Master A bowler tip to London Connections for reminding Eye that the new Imperial Wharf station was due to open today. A...

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This intriguing snippet from 37422... Keep an eye on London Midland this week. Expect some interesting announcements. What on earth could t...

A bowler tip to Sim Harris and King Henry for this... An exciting weekend for Yoghurt Rail watchers. This press release emerged from Grand C...

Last week saw the launch of Wolmar's new tome Blood, Iron and Gold . As the Noble Lord himself was guest of honour the event was packed ...

This C®ap from Freightline®, presumably at the behest of GE®. Eye® is delighted to say that NR® in its response refused to play this g@me. W...

Telegrammed by Party Animal Regular Eye readers will be aware already of the LibDem's decision to endorse 30 year franchises . A slick p...

Telegrammed by Sir Humphrey Beeching Have we another Mottram Moment in the making? A furious email has been issued by HS2 containing a stat...

More exciting Open Access news. Following today's announcement from Yoghurt Rail comes news of developments at WSMR. This from Modern Ra...

Sky News reporting that Business Minister Lady Vadera is expected to leave Government. The railway industry will remember her fondly for the...

Exciting Open Access news! Two new open access operations have been proposed for the East and West Coast Main Lines. Branded GNER ( haven...

The Fact Compiler has received the following from the Labour Transport Group: LTG Member, supporter, friend, colleague At Labour Conference ...

This from Getreading ... Fuming university lecturer Kerry Renshaw has launched a petition calling for First Great Western to abolish first c...

Or possibly not. The Yorkshire Post has the amusing tale . Who would have guessed that Iain Coucher was brought up in Leeds ...

The Pope has clarified his position after it was revealed he had broken the rules on celibacy. Citing the Crown .v. Scotland he said: ...

Exciting news for lovers of iconic loco 4472. As many Eye readers will know Flying Scotsman is being extensively rebuilt by the NRM. As work...

Absolute fury amongst the organisers and sponsors of last week's National Rail Awards, at which John Humphrys was guest speaker. Someone...