Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Adonis rebrands before the HS2 announcement
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So farewell then High Speed Evangelist - you are no more! According to the Prime Minister's spokesman, in the Lobby today, Lord Adonis r...
Signalling grades low pay - Shocker
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This from Jamie... Saw this on Saturday parked by Gillingham Signalbox... Any vacancies for a box-boy?
Monday, 8 March 2010
Darling underwhelmed by SLC2
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This with a tip of the bowler to Mr Jones... If the Noble Lord and Department are so unhappy with East Coast's 58% average utilisation, ...
Adonis frontline tour becomes Pilgrimage of Shame
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This from the Daily Telegraph ... British journalists and TV crews are to be banned from the Afghan front line once a date for the election ...
Friday, 5 March 2010
Intermission
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The Fact Compiler will mostly be at the IMechE lunch today. Blogging may be intermittent or distorted...
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Aerodrome news - No HS2 for Heathrow
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This from the Gruaniad ... No Heathrow direct link in high speed rail plans Looking good for Birmingham International then.
Eurostar - Is it a bum bag?
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Good to see that Eurostar, and its suppliers, now have the hang of this Social Media thingy. This from @jamieburdett , via Twitter... Here...
Pointless signs - Birmingham Snow Hill
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This from the Commuter... They're making staff redundant... They're cutting back at 102 New Street... They can't afford to put s...
Ad Sales News - it's getting desperate out there!
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Exciting news from the world of publishing! Apparently the ad-sales team from a set up called Public Sector Information Limited (note NOT th...
Wolmar makes my heart proud! says Gecko
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This just in from Gordon Gecko ... According to Wolmar's blog the arch capitalist will only give talks if he can sell his books to an a...
Lookalike - The bearded version
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Adonis hires special train for April railtour - Shocker
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With a bowler tip to Wired via @tonyveitchUK .
DfT needs to be "more realistic" says TSC
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This just issued by the Transport Select Committee.. The Committee says the Department generally has a good story to tell, but it is critica...
ASLEF's Moss joins twitter...
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This just in from the Laird of all he Surveys... I read this with interest in my March ASLEF Journal: How will ASLEF members react to the ag...
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Exclusive: Pictures of West Highland Line avalanche.
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This just in from NR's Internet Rapid Rebuttal Unit... Please see below a photograph taken yesterday from a helicopter flying over the W...
ORR 'concerns' over NR maintenance restructuring
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This from Bill Emery's letter to Iain Coucher published today ... Our work has highlighted four significant areas of concern. These are:...
Lookalike - Succession Planning
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UPDATE: This from Tony Miles... Is the Fact Compiler planning an act of treason? Whilst the pictures of Princess Anne & Jo Kaye look exc...
Privatisation benefitted Unions - Shocker
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Exciting news from the Department of the Bleedin' Obvious at the British Sociological Association. According to Industry Today : Rail un...
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Mediaballs - Independent on Sunday
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This exciting East Coast competition from the Independent on Sunday... But what's this? The IoS is half right - it's just that the t...
Man with beard joins PTEG
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This from the Passenger Transport Executive Group , via Twitter... pteg has appointed Pedro Abrantes to the newly created post of Economis...
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