Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Beware fake Virgin staff - Shocker
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Merseyside police have warned rail passengers to watch out for a very large group of gentleman who appear to be impersonating Virgin train c...
Election levity - but a serious point
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With a bowler tip to Guido ... A nice bit of Labour Party self deprecation from Ali Campbell towards the end...
Train Lord's dark plans for Sheffield
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Be careful what you wish for. Regular readers will recollect that The Thin Controller surrendered Sheffield in the Battle of the Barriers...
Eversholt sale update
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This from Reuters ... AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - CVC Capital Partners and a consortium of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, 3i Infrastructure and St...
Monday, 19 April 2010
Full services to all airports - by rail
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Whilst the industry boasts about strengthening services to cater for increased demand it appears that dedicated airport links are running ne...
Monster Raving Loony - Policy achieved!
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Telegrammed by Bulldog Drummond Disappointed to see that the Monster Raving Loony Party (MLRP) has no manifesto commitments for rail in this...
Rail privatisation doomed - Official
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BBC reporting that state owned DB is close to signing a £1.6bn deal for Arriva . Told you privatisation would never wo rk .
2010 Railway Garden Competition
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Evidently Sheffield is determined to win this year's competition. Regular readers may recollect that despite the January snow the EMT st...
ASLEF signs up to Twitter
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@thefactcompiler welcomes @ASLEFunion to twitter! With a bowler tip to @Andylaird25 Turn on, tune in, but do it in a 140 characters... UPD...
NR board appointment fires up reformers zeal
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Yesterday's Independent on Sunday reported that there is disquiet amongst NR members about the proposed appointment of Janis Kong to th...
Ashballs - Noble Lord rewrites diagrams and TTs
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Much hilarity in Rosco land. As any fule kno Virgin has invested billions in new trains (omitting to mention of course that it was the Rosco...
Friday, 16 April 2010
ATOC unsure who the party leaders are - Official
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This from the Raver.... Good to see ATOC has its fingers well and truly on the political pulse! For the politically illiterate, or those who...
Southern in pornography shocker
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This from Sussex Driver... Is there something that I'm missing on Railway Eye? Southern certainly seem to think so... The Fact Compile...
Election clock ticking for 1,300 new vehicles
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Telegrammed by our man at 222 Marylebone Road Finger out Adonis! Only 19 days in which to place orders for the outstanding 757 additional ve...
The Thin Controller secures Jarvis jobs?
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This just in from the RMT ... HOPES ROSE today that a new jobs rescue plan could save jobs lost following the collapse of rail maintenance f...
Pointless cycle racks - Howwood
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Pointless cycle racks - Paisley Canal
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Ash cash
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Not content with buggering up our financial system and selling cheap frozen vegetables Iceland has now screwed up our aviation industry. Bel...
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Pilgrimage of Grice protocol notice
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Please note that under Prime Ministerial Decree 10/003 all members of the cabinet are to be greeted in the following style: Train crew about...
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
First but possibly not for freight
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Industry and Twitter sources suggesting GBRf may be looking for a new home. Freightliner GBRf anyone?
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