Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Darwin Award - Puffer-nutters... again!
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This from Matt's Trainpics site , with a bowler tip to @stephenrees , via Twitter... According to Matt " At Vigo bridge there were...
ATOCballs - adding insult to injury!
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This from Darby and Joan... Senior Railcard holders have just received this e-mail: Dear Darby We’re offering you the chance to win £100 wor...
New rolling stock strategy explained
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UPDATE: This from Bill Hoole... Why do drivers need a large plaque in the cab telling them the sort of train they are driving? So long as y...
Pointless signs - Twyford
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Railway Garden Competition - Preston
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This lovely garden sent in by D0260... Note how it is cleverly offset with a cutting disc, a few rubber trackpads and a pot of paint. The pi...
Sunday, 25 July 2010
DfT abstention on NR bonuses - Explained
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To recap... According to the Guardian report on the Network Rail AGM: ' There were 37 votes in favour of the pay report, 31 against and ...
Friday, 23 July 2010
Villiers vignettes... on the benefits of privatisation
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Telegrammed by Our Man at 222 Marylebone Road That Bourbon moment... Theresa Villiers: on 22 July. "The hon. Gentleman's views on...
Hammond - all talk and no trousers
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Telegrammed by Ithuriel To recap on Bonusgate... According to the Guardian report on the Network Rail AGM, . ' There were 37 votes in fa...
Pointless signs - Norwich
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And which ' footbridge or subway ' might that be then?
Fenchurch Street to close in 2011?
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It appears that an email is doing the rounds of c2c customers announcing that Fenchurch Street is going to be closed for 8 months in 2011 fo...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
IPSA - Why we should care
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The Fact Compiler shared the fury over troughing MPs in the last Parliament. Stung into action by the near universal opprobrium being heaped...
"The Prime Minister will be deeply disappointed"
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So. According to the Number 10 spokeswoman in the Lobby today " The Prime Minister will be deeply disappointed " by the decision o...
A word on today's ticket machine story.
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This from a Mr Malins... Did I not hear the Passenger Focus man Smith berating the TOCs for their failings on Radio 4 this morning? Consider...
Villiers vignettes...
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Oh dear. Following recent cock-ups with public pronouncements ( Eye passim ) has the Saviour of the Jammy Dodger lost the confidence of her ...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Pointless signs - East Coast on-train WiFi
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With a bowler tip to @johnpopham , via Twitter.
Lookalike - Black Adder Rail
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Villiers vignettes... apology accepted
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Regular readers may recollect that Eye took the Saviour of the Jammy Dodger to task on Monday 12th July for misleading the House about roll...
30% dissatisfied with rail ticket purchasing
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Telegrammed by Our Man at 222 Marylebone Road Clearly the train operators are living in a parallel universe when an SWT press release can gl...
Tomorrow's NR annual meeting - a swan song?
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Tomorrow is Network Rail's annual meeting where the company's Members will fail to hold it to account. Eye offers the following dire...
Monday, 19 July 2010
Who should replace Coucher - one for the Ladies?
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Network Rail has done much to encourage the role of ladies in the industry, d espite suggestions to the contrary (see Private Eye passim ). ...
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