Friday, 30 April 2010
Introducing "What Typo!".
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Telegrammed by Billy Connections Not a new magazine but Eye's latest, exciting, competition. Using your skill and judgment you are invit...
Don't poo-poo Looby Loo
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This from Thomas Crapper... Unveiling plans for a new ' bog standard loo' for train travellers, Chris Green said ancient, dirty and...
Bulldog's book review: A century of Change
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Telegrammed by Bulldog Drummond Bulldog's flinty old heart was warmed by Mike Horne's and Jonathan Roberts' launch of their book...
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Pointless signs - King's Cross
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The Age of Austerity beckons
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This from the BBC's Nick Robinson ... The American economist David Hale says that the governor of the Bank of England has told him that ...
Railway Garden Competition - Stratford
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Good to see that the new Stratford International station is preparing to enter Railway Eye's famed Garden Competition. Or is the shed pe...
When choice and competition doesn't matter
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Telegrammed by Bulldog Drummond... Nick Hassell in his Times Tempus column today does quite a good job analysing Stagecoach's recent (fa...
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
As the lights dim put the Kettle on
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This from Richard Trevithick... With the ubiquitous 'Tornado' strangely missing from Captain Deltic's collection of IEP alternat...
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
GBRf bidders - A view from a parallel universe
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So who is really interested in buying First freight subsidiary GBRf? Apparently at least one domestic freight operator is. Sources suggest F...
Monday, 26 April 2010
Arriva XC - Stable, horse, bolted
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This from @SWLines , via Twitter... XC have definitely reduced the NQY - KYL fare and everything derived from it. It's now £921. Too lat...
First for losing another one
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Hot on the heals of losing Michael Caine it now appears First has lost another one. Tom Joyner, Ops Director of FuCC, has also been misplace...
Sadiq says...
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This from Sadiq Khan, via Twitter... I uploaded a YouTube video -- £8 million for Earlsfield Station refurbishment Eye is happy to say, judg...
State challenges Open Access on TV - Shocker
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According to the latest issue of Modern Railways the Department for Transport has it in for Open Access Operators. Lets hope the Mandarins w...
First for blowing the bloody doors off
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Eye hears that First Group has misplaced no less a person than Michael Caine! Caine, nee Micklethwaite, was apparently FGW's commercial ...
Electionballs - Osama Saeed, Glasgow Central
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Exciting news from Osama Saeed the SNP candidate for Glasgow Central. Keen to better understand the views of his potential constituents Osam...
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Cut the cr@p - tell us about the cuts.
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According to @PoliticsHomeUK the Labour Party is calling on broadcasters to focus on policy. Labour is trying to get the LibDems and Tories...
Saturday, 24 April 2010
Pointless signs - Capt Deltic's name card
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With a Bowler tip to @Captain_Deltic ... For the non grease monkeys amongst you the large metal thing on the table is a Deltic piston.
Eye's new election correspondent
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Mr Khan reports on Nick Clegg... Genius!
Arriva internal briefing on DB offer
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Thursday 22 April 2010 Dear Colleague Today it has been announced that Deutsche Bahn, the largest German public transport operator, has made...
NR's Great Western is no Great Western!
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This just in from D1048... Into the inbox thunders a missive from Network Rail, with the announcement of a thorough refurbishment for Isamba...
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