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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Aslef gives Lilley a good kicking

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Oh dear! Peter Lilley, the MP for Harpenden, has upset the brothers by criticising FCC ‘ militants taking coordinated action to prevent trai...

St Pancras Oecumenical

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Guido claims Pilgrimage of Pork

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Telegrammed by Lobby Fodder So Guido's not convinced about yesterday's Pilgrimage of Grice, detecting the sulpherous whiff of Porkba...
Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Adonis leaves Marsham Street standing

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Poor old DafT really haven't got their heads round Social Media yet. The following two twitter posts have just emerged from slumbering M...

Hacks set agenda on Pilgrimage of Grice - Official

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The Noble Lord reveals the following on his blog ... I've just been speaking on the train to rail journalists Roger Ford and Phil Haig -...

First class travel for third class education?

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Lord Adonis must be rejoicing that he is no longer in the Department for Education and Skills. The LibDems are claiming that civil servants ...

Clear the line! - Priority given to the Noble Lord

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Has Lord Adonis his own headcode? Eye revealed yesterday that a spare train shadowed Adonis when he travelled to York on Saturday. Now we h...

Adonis blogs on latest Pilgrimage of Grice

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Lord Adonis is blogging as he inspects shabby stations. Updates are being posted here . Whilst not quite up to the standard of Tom Harris MP...

Number crunching - Ministerial cars and station investment

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Amount to be spent by the Government " in the near future "on the 10 worst stations identified by the Stationers to Lord DafT Vade...

Oyster to be valid on National Rail someday soon - Official

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This from the BBC ... London commuters will be able to use pay-as-you-go Oyster cards on the city's suburban overland rail network by ea...

Anyone lost a shunter?

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This strange tale from Kris Ward over at the Middleton Railway ... Volunteers turning up at the Middleton Railway on Saturday morning were s...

Lord Adonis embarks on mini Pilgrimage of Grice

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Lord Adonis is indeed a wag. The Secretary of State is racing round the country, escorted by Captain Deltic no less, to highlight the 10 wor...
Monday, 16 November 2009

St Ives guided busway a triumph says no-one!

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More splendid news from the deeply flawed St Ives Guided Bust-way! This courtesy of Cambs24 : CAMBRIDGESHIRE County Council has confirmed a ...

ECML delivers step improvement from day one!

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PPM for the last day of National Express East Coast - 100% PPM for the first day of nationalised East Coast Main Line - 76% As DafT sows, so...

ATOC January fares announcement

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Hmmm... that didn't work then. Channel 4 News : Rail companies 'mask' fares hike Sky News : Train company chiefs have been accus...

Adonis has Cameron moment on Saturday

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Good to see that state owned East Coast Main Line has already overcome any rolling stock shortages. Lord Adonis celebrated the start of nati...

East Coast Main Line to Glasgow or not?

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Last week the Eye prophesied that when the East Coast Main Line franchise is returned to the private sector it will not operate services bey...

Fact Compiler "deeply sorry" - Shocker

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The Fact Compiler today apologised to the literally millions of people, now mostly dead, who were in any way hurt or offended by the followi...
Sunday, 15 November 2009

Brown like that

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With a bowler tip to Obnoxio
Friday, 13 November 2009

Welcome East Coast Main Line

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Just thought I'd be first to say it.
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