Monday, 29 March 2010
Open Access without ORR approval - way to go!
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This just in from the Commuter... At the end of last year Eye reported on the launch of Britain's first co-operative train company . Lik...
DafT says...
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Via Twitter ... Better access for disabled passengers due at 42 stations thanks to Government funding. A grateful people indeed give thanks ...
New competition to select IEP successor - Shocker
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This just in, unbelievably, from the late Louella Parsons... Darlings, I've been schmoozing with the dishy Lord Andrew. No, not Lloyd We...
Pointless signs - Bishop Auckland taxi rank
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Perhaps the instruction ' Press Here ' will summon one?
Lookalike - Holiday edition
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The Great Detractor?
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Telegrammed by Bulldog Drummond Tom 'pile of bile' Winsor ranted away in The Times on Friday that Buy-us is responsible for the thr...
Jarvis old joke corner
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Telegrammed by Bulldog Drummond So farewell then Paris Moayedi. A very exotic specimen in the dull as ditchwater-alongside-the-cess world of...
Sunday, 28 March 2010
First class ban on Generals is a bit rich!
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Exciting news from the Dear Leader. According to the Sunday Times the OESI has decided that senior military officers must now slum it in St...
Thursday, 25 March 2010
RMT strike dates
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Rail workers to strike for four days from April 6, the day after Easter, RMT leader Bob Crow has announced With a bowler tip to @SkyNewsBre...
Waterloo International sees early return to use
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Splendid news about the disused Waterloo International station which is currently costing taxpayers £2m a year. Apparently it is to return t...
Patricia Hewitt to Eurotunnel?
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Transportb had this story yesterday at 08:58 and circulated it via Twitter . Now Guido has woken up: In a staggering move the board of Euro...
So farewell Jarvis
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This from the Evening Standard ... Jarvis, the rail contractor which admitted liability for the fatal 2002 Potters Bar Rail crash and is cha...
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Sleepers to return to Marylebone - Shocker
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Eye's favourite national newspaper hack is not a happy bunny! Michael Williams, former Deputy Editor of the Independent on Sunday and re...
Railway press - the gloves are off!
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It's obviously getting tough out there for those selling ad space in the railway press. This from the new ad sales team at Rail Amateur....
The battle for Arriva - Eye backs a winner!
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This just in from Ol' Rosbiff - flexing his bowstring finger (and showing that he still has one). In an attempt to revisit their takeove...
DfT swings the Axe - Official
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This from the DfT , explaining where the efficiency savings announced in today's budget will come from: Today the Department for Transpo...
NR swings the axe - Official
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Deep mourning today amongst Railway Garden fans! In 2008 and 2009 Eye celebrated NR's masterful vegetation management in the Ambergate...
Pointless Hats - exciting new feature!
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With a bowler tip to Chianothus Virginicus... Although the makeover of St Paul's looks most splendid...
UK remains poor man of Europe
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This from our man at 222 Marylebone Road Compare and contrast, as they say. Northern and EMT get 16 vintage DMU vehicles between them and t...
NR fesses up on Blackfriars - Shocker
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Here's the Note to Editors in the Network Rail press release on the visit by the PM and t...
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