Friday, 26 February 2010
The Scottish Curse - Adonis beware!
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Telegrammed by our International Correspondent A little light relief, after today's IEP excitement... State-owned national icon No 4472 ...
IEP announcement delayed until after election?
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This from @cbuchanancubed , via Twitter... delays on HST replacement announced till after general election More to follow... UPDATE: This fr...
Thursday, 25 February 2010
General Election update
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***Twitter abuzz with rumours that Gordon might go to the country as early as next week.***
Sadiq says...
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This via Twitter ... Just back in London from Beds and Herts where I experienced rural buses. Used buses in Luton, Hitchin, Shefford and Fli...
"Additional trains" for the North in weeks?
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This from the BBC ... A DfT spokesperson said: " We are currently involved in detailed commercial negotiations to deliver additional tr...
Wanted - industry teams for Three Peaks Challenge
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This from the Railway Children... The search is on for people in the rail industry to take part in a unique challenge. Railway Children, a c...
Ministers force officials to flip - Shocker!
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It's amazing what you can find on You Tube. The following two videos have been produced to help DafT press officers show their ministers...
Parliamentary language explained
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This from the Noble Lord yesterday ... Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat) To ask Her Majesty's Government how much subsidy, if any, has be...
Franchising policy explained...
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UPDATE: This from Leo Pink... Surely this explains why the commercial close on IEP has been delayed?
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
The glorious victory of Jamie's 'Not a Blog'
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Regular Eye readers may recall this piece of music: Original post here . Meanwhile there is an update to Jamie's sad story here . Result...
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Snow stops trains - this time in Sweden
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This from The Raver... According to Railway-technology.com : Swedish trains have been paralysed after the network was hit with delays and ca...
Captain Deltic gets all new fangled!
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@thefactcompiler welcomes @captain_deltic to twitter! Turn on, tune in, but do it in a 140 characters ...
First for failing to monitor the fitness of its drivers
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This from the BBC ... Sheriff Convery said"In my view this cases raises profoundly disturbing questions regarding the safety of the pub...
Argentinian solution to dirty trains
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This from Driver Potter with a bowler tip to WNXX ... Who said train surfing was a bad thing? Perhaps certain TOCs might care to take note ...
Virgin give 32 instructions on how to take a leak
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This from Stardotstar.com with a bowler tip to @technicalfault ... On a recent trip to the big smoke i managed to count 32 instructions for...
How others view us... Taiwanese TV
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This may say more about the behaviour that the Taiwanese expect from their own politicians than it does about Gordon Brown... ...but it'...
Eye gets down with the kidz
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This from Hangin' 10... Hey, Compiler dude! You seen this reply from Mr Mole? Written Answers — Transport: Railways (22 Feb 2010) Chris...
Monday, 22 February 2010
Transport Select Committee news
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EVIDENCE SESSION Transport Questions with the Secretary of State On Wednesday 24 February 2010 at 2.45pm in Committee Room 8, Palace of West...
Mystic Eye predicts cuts to Welsh CRPs funding
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And lo, so it came to pass.... This from the BBC, way back on the 3rd of February 2010 : A group promoting rail travel on rural routes has c...
WSMR recruits a Python to spread the word
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With a bowler tip to the Moving People blog... Of course Michael Palin's admission that he has only travelled on the service " onc...
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