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Thursday, 7 October 2010

Train services return on Christmas day!

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This from George Bradshaw... Oh dear, oh dear. Network Rail has recently been bolloxed by the ORR for getting the May timetables wrong. Now ...

GNER resurrexit !

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This from a Captain Nolan... I grabbed this screenshot after booking tickets on East Coast's site yesterday: It was nice to see the both...

Eurostar unveils order for new fleet

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This video from Eurostar - note the absence of broom cupboards. And here the details of the announcement: Eurostar International, the high-s...

Senior railway managers told to take a hike

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This from the soi disant 'veteran' observer... Eight days on a mountain versus a lifetime on the streets As you read this an intrepi...
Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Pointless signs - Edinburgh tram

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Strange - the words ' late ' and ' missing ' appear not to the there . UPDATE: This from Chionanthus virginicus... Perhaps t...

A divergence of views on HS2

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So. Petrol-head has decided on a 'Y' route for HS2. By creating a junction just north of Birmingham both Lancashire and Yorkshire w...

Wolmar woe at #CPC10

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Oh dear! Wolmar hasn't been having a good Tory party conference. The star of stage, screen and amazon book-store was invited to sit as h...

Brown replaces Brown at London Rail

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This from TfL... Ian Brown, Managing Director, London Rail Ian Brown, who has led London Rail with such great distinction over the last 10 y...

Sir Norman Wisdom RIP

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Good effort.
Monday, 4 October 2010

HS2 - Cleggy giveth and Cleggy taketh away

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Exciting news from the Deputy Prime Minister! Cleggy has been busy twittering the following (several times in fact): I'm delighted that...

Pointless signs - Cardiff Central

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This from the Wicked Weaver... The train is a Cardiff - Cheltenham service with passengers boarding.

Heritage Rail leads the way in DDA compliance

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This from Only2misters... Whilst mulling over the innate difficulties of DDA compliance on heritage lines, I was pleased to see this effecti...
Friday, 1 October 2010

DfT pleads for responses to Future of Franchising

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The Reforming Rail Franchising consultation document was originally published on the 22nd July 2010. Eye understands that ministers have bee...

"They shall not pass" claims Frenchies

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This, surprisingly, from Generals Helmuth von Moltke (senior) and Alfred von Schlieffen... Unser liebe Fact Compiler Can we through Railway...

Look across the Channel and weep

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Compare and contrast: This from the FT : The French authorities have been accused of trying to block the first-ever order by an affiliate of...

Tom Winsor returns to Whitehall!

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This from the Home Office... The independent study, announced by Home Secretary Theresa May, will help bring modern management practices int...
Thursday, 30 September 2010

Dark days at Delta Rail

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This from Delta Rail... In recent years we have continued to offer consultancy services in track and train engineering to meet customer dema...

DB expands Open Access offering

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This little gem from the latest edition of Rail Professional ... Yeowart was reluctant to name the company that is funding Alliance, which, ...

Baker solves rolling stock shortage - Shocker!

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This from Eastbourne Today ... The December 2010 timetable changes confirm the 6.47pm service from London Victoria to Ore will increase the ...

Sadiq says... at #Lab10

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Eye salutes Shadow Transport Secretary Sadiq Khan! His barnstorming speech today at the Labour Party conference had the Fact Compiler splitt...
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