Thursday, 18 March 2010
ATOC announces savage new cuts - Shocker!
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Eye understands that ATOC anticipates making significant savings in December. Apparently both Rentokil (cnuts) and Brand2Life (cnuts) are no...
National Express unveils magic bus!
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This just in from a Leading Railway Periodical... Eye salutes NXEA for managing to end Berney Arms millennia of isolation from the Queen...
Fact Compiler and Hammond fall out - Shocker
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It would appear that The Fact Compiler's contribution to last night's Rail Debate was not universally welcomed. Grin!
Adonis moves and then paints the deckchairs
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This from Railnews ... THE rebranding of East Coast last November cost £634,842, of which taxpayers had to find £339,190, according to offic...
A letter from Iain Coucher
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This from Network Rail's Internet Rapid Rebuttal Unit... Click to enlarge...
SWT now employs Thought Police - Official
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This just in from Barry Spotter... Nice to see that South West Trains are taking the security of their passengers seriously. Not only are ca...
Adonis secures HS2 funding - Shocker
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This from Bushy... It seems the printed copies of the HS2 report have already run out! And at £26 a pop Adonis must be over half way towards...
Pointless signs - InterCity 225 loo
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This just in from 62700... Another pointless sign for your ongoing series, snapped (very badly) on an East Coast IC225 yesterday. Not that I...
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
HS2 - Recusancy Corner
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Telegrammed by Lord Burleigh the Lord Chancellor of England Whilst the nation rushes to embrace The Thin Controller's vision of a High S...
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
There is such a thing as too much communication...
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This from the BBC ... The French railway operator, SNCF, has mistakenly put a dramatic statement on its website saying more than 100 people ...
Monday, 15 March 2010
Stobart CEO signs up to Twitter
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This from @Andrew_Tinkler , CEO of Stobart Group, via Twitter... Just starting using Twitter. I think it will be useful to let people know w...
Sadiq says...
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Nothing yet... ...to this story on Guido's blog : Transport Minister Sadiq Khan is in hot water this afternoon after it has been reveal...
Haythornthwaite still struggling to reform NR
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Does anyone at Network Rail bother listening to their Chairman? In November Rick Haythornthwaite admitted that he " heard the word ...
Adonis eyeballs the brothers
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Eye has in the past been a little critical of The Thin Controller. But this is as nothing to the fury that will be directed against the Nobl...
Aviation news....
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This from the Civil Aviation Authority... CAA STATISTICS show last year’s fall in passenger numbers was biggest since the Second World War U...
Arriva falls at the first fence
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This from the Commuter... Last year Eye ran a piece about John McCririck helping XC promote their services to the Cheltenham Festival . Well...
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Brian Morrison - 80 Glorious Years!
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Those nice people over at the Railway Herald organised a surprise Birthday Party for Brian Morrison yesterday. Although Brian reached the...
Pointless signs - Marylebone
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Saturday, 13 March 2010
Rentokil talking bollocks - Official
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Anyone remember that crap from Rentokil about cockroaches on trains? Well Ben Goldacre has fisked the story . As a consequence Rentokil snu...
O'Toole to Tube Lines?
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This from the Pink 'Un ... Tim O'Toole has held preliminary discussions with Tube Lines about the possibility of becoming its chief ...
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