Setting our future direction – Outcome of the Comprehensive Spending Review I am writing to brief you on the outcome of the Comprehensive Sp...

This from the DfT Transport Spending Review Press Notice ... The Government is currently considering revised proposals from Agility trains f...

Telegrammed by Our International Correspondent So that was interesting! £6 billion for “ capital maintenance ” of LUL? Capital Maintenance i...

Mr Speaker, after our defence requirements are met, the Department for Transport will receive the largest capital settlement. Over the next ...

This from the just published HM Treasury Spending Review document The Spending Review: protects high value transport maintenance and investm...

How very appropriate that DB invited a Railway Padre to its 'unveiling' event at St Pancras yesterday. Eye wonders whether DB made a...

The late Prof Unwin particularly compliments SWT on this piece of railway speak: "Delays due to power supply problem at Vauxhall."...

This video via YouTube of today's arrival of an ICE3 at St Pancras. Either the train suffered a catastrophic derailment or the photograp...

News from the Lobby... After a discussion on the Strategic Defence and Security Review the following exchange took place at this morning...

This from the Telegraph ... Two monkeys appointed station masters at Japanese train station Eye was going to point out that we normally get ...

Finally Scarborough joins the 21st Century as its semaphore gantry is replaced by state of the art LED signals. Local operator TransPennine ...

This from the ORR... The start of the next periodic review (PR13) – the process which will establish the plan for funding Britain’s railways...

Time for an exciting new Eye feature! Trainy Speakibold - a deep joy and treat'n for the lugfolds (with a doff of the bowler to the lat...

It would appear that Eye owes an apology to the Secretary of State for Transport. In the past this blog has accused the Rt Hon Petrol-head H...

Exciting news from the Sunday Express ... TRANSPORT Secretary Philip Hammond has vowed to make rail fares easy to understand after he was ca...

'Nuff said...

This from Yahoo.co.uk ... France has stepped up its opposition to Eurostar's decision to buy trains from Germany's Siemens AG instea...

ATOC continues to enhance the information that it provides to Social Media users. The Train Operator's lobby group has set up individual...

This from The Shunter... Quite ironic that the BRB(R) is being wound up, just as the McNulty review is likely to conclude that we need a sma...

The Frenchies really have got their pantaloons in a twist over Eurostar's decision to buy German trains. This Gallic gem courtesy of Reu...