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Sunday, 6 December 2009

God bothering in Advent

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This from The Railway Magazine ... A website promoting Christmas Carol services across the network can be found at railwaycarols.co.uk Meanw...
Saturday, 5 December 2009

Royal visit to Workington North at speed

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Forget London to Brighton in two minutes! Here, courtesy of Network Rail, is the building of the emergency station at Workington North in ju...
Thursday, 3 December 2009

Nexus update - DB uber Nexus...

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This from the Railway Gazette ... Nexus named Deutsche Bahn subsidiary DB Regio (Tyne and Wear) Ltd as preferred bidder for a contract to op...

Chiltern rejects "streamlined fares"

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This just in from Hymnody... As Eye has already noticed, NFM05 content has been uploaded to "The Manual" earlier in the week. One ...

Will DafT's updated Rolling Stock Plan ever appear

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This written answer given on the 2nd December by Moley ... David Ruffley (- Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Bury St Edmunds, Conservative) To...

Lookalike - Down on the farm...

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With a bowler tip to NR's Internet Rapid Rebuttal Unit...

Lord Adonis plays the Fat Controller with SLC2

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Good news for all those upset by the proposed SCL2 timetable due to be introduced on the East Coast Main Line in December 2010. The new ...

ATOC - photography not a security concern - Official

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Exciting news from ATOC! According to Railnews ... A new online guide to National Rail has been launched by the Association of Train Operati...

Nexus concession to be announced today

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***Winner of the Nexus concession expected to be announced at 17:00 today***

Lookalike - We can rebrand him, we have the technology...

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With a bowler tip to the RMT whose cheeky flyers were distributed outside the NR Board meeting yesterday...

Lookalike - Falcon Crest Railways

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Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Only the best for NR's well padded directors!

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Much excitement amongst the brothers. The RMT has discovered that Network Rail is holding tomorrow's board meeting at the tres-piss-eleg...

November visitors

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In November Railway Eye received 30,574 visits from 12,461 unique visitors . According to Google Analytics you viewed 43,900 splenetic utt...
Monday, 30 November 2009

Arriva Cross County fares are just grand - Official

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Wouldn't it be madness if Arriva Cross Country decided to add a bit more to the £1,002 fare story? Of course it would! Therefore, these ...

Adonis freezes price of All Line Rail Rover!

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This just in from @swlines via Twitter... All Line Rover prices unchanged according to latest NFM! Eye congratulates Lord Adonis for promot...

Mary Grant says sorry - Official

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Are there no end to the talents of First Group's Mary Grant? On Friday rail boss Mary enchanted the industry, and raised loads for stree...

Europe's High Speed Railways stuck in the past

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This from the BBC with a bowler tip to the Commuter... Railteam, the alliance of European high-speed rail operators, has shelved plans for ...

Readers Letters - From a Mr Geo Hudson

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Sir I note with interest that the country of Finland has recently created one single institution with responsibility for road, rail and wate...

Workington - wise words from Wolmar

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So Workington is reunited, thanks to a sprightly turn of foot from Network Rail, Northern, DRS and DafT. Whilst congratulations are due to a...
Friday, 27 November 2009

Bob Crow on HIGNFY tonight - sneak preview

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This from the Ian Visits blog... Bob Crow though was a surprising disappointment. Indeed! Ian's full review of the recording can be foun...
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