Tuesday, 12 October 2010
First unveils budget train fleet
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Exciting news from First Group's Sir Moir Lockhead. The DfT's favourite operator is determined to show how, in the Age of Austerity,...
Villiers vignettes... not us Guv', talk to DOR...
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Tom Harris may not have a Shadow ministerial role but he is still more than able to expose nonsense from the Government front bench. This ex...
Quiet Zone enforcement
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Eye has been sent this Customer Service training video from an unnamed TOC. Sadly it appears to promote a form of behaviour that is strictly...
ACoRP - his master's voice?
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Oh dear. It would appear that DafT's running dogs have been instructed to savage all those expressing views at variance with the wisdom ...
Monday, 11 October 2010
Brummies revolting after journey time shock
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Telegrammed by Sir Joseph Chamberlain Much unease in the West Midlands over Virgin's current Euston - Birmingham - Wolverhapton service....
Exciting new catering offer from DOR
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This from Puffing Billy... Good news for those interested in railway catering. There was much disappointment last month when East Coast canc...
Eye welcomes Maria the Eagle
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Much excitement in Westminster this weekend following the news that Eddie the Eagle's sister has been appointed Shadow Transport Secreta...
Friday, 8 October 2010
Eye says Clifton for Rail Regulator!
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It's been a long time since a senior industry figure has publicly said that the 'Emperor has no clothes'. So when one does it tw...
Lookalike - James and Richard
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Virgin fails to win extension
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Telegrammed by Our International Correspondent What a difference a day makes if you are Virgin Rail. Last night the self-styled Big Red was ...
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...
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