Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Lookalike - Match of the Day?
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UPDATE: This from Chianothus Virginicus Not just a lookalike... One got rid of the cap on wages... and the other got rid of the cap on far...
IEP to be steamrollered as Foster rebuffed
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Telegrammed by Ithuriel Didn't DfT Rail promise that they would evaluate the Intercity Express Programme... ...alongside the credible al...
Trainy speakibold: Merseyrail
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This from Rudi over at the Merseyrail Press Office... It seems Eye's new Trainy Speakibold is catching on. Witness this message from con...
Virgin promotes healthy eating
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So who was the First Group senior executive whose Beardie Rail breakfast was dramatically curtailed on Monday morning? Bemused customers wit...
Radio 4 on the benefits of DfT micromanagement
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Telegrammed by Newhaven Marine BBC Radio 4 broadcast a programme today fisking DfT over Parly Trains. If you missed ' The Ghost Trains o...
Alstom cannot tell its farce from its elbow
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Telegrammed by Leo Pink... As L'affaire Eurostar moves from Paris to London it is casting a fascinating light on national comedic stereo...
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Independent renders comment superfluous
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This from the Indy ... Notice in which section the article appears... 'Nuff said!
Gratuitous Railway Eye candy
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Look. There's a train in it okay! UPDATE: This from a Mr Tony Miles... Now we know what Captain Deltic's dreams are like... UPDATE: ...
Mediaballs - City AM and the Virgin non-story
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This from City AM ... VIRGIN Trains has denied suggestions it may launch rival services against Eurostar on the new high-speed line from Lon...
For Go-Ahead the future is... less orange!
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This from Go-Ahead ... The Board of Go-Ahead Group plc (‘Go-Ahead’ or the ‘Company’) today announces that Keith Ludeman has decided to retir...
Monday, 25 October 2010
Alstom dies a thousand PR deaths
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This from the FT ... France’s Alstom has asked London’s High Court to grant an injunction to stop Eurostar from finalising a €600m ($838m) t...
Home Service explores Parly Trains
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This from Sinoda... I thought Eye readers might be interested in this programme , due for broadcast on Radio 4 at 11:00 this coming Wednesda...
New rolling stock - a game of two halves?
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This from Roy Race.. On 14 October 14 Chile's President Sebastian PiƱera challenged the 33 miners to a game of football , jokingly sugge...
Trainy speakibold: Train to Crystal Palace
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This from @carmenego via Twitter... Prof Unwin offers: "Whilst knowy all thing langispeak this deeply confusy. London Overgrab excell...
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Grand Central new MD - Shocker
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This from the Railway Herald ... Eye is unsure whether the Tom Windsor mentioned is the former Rail Regulator or a minor scion of the Royal ...
Friday, 22 October 2010
IEP undoomed?
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This from Guido ... When Philip Hammond tried to sell the cuts package to the people of the north-east on Question Time last night he menti...
West Yorkshire to get 140mph trains - Official
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Exciting news from Yoghurt Rail! It would appear that the putative Open Access Operator, Alliance Rail, has already stolen a march on Sir Ro...
East Coast driven to distraction
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This from Our Man in the Black Mac... In the days of the North Eastern, LNER, BR, InterCity, GNER and NXEC there was always a tradition that...
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Trainy speakibold - Victoria liine
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This from Tingly Nell... From the Victoria line... “This service is being delayed because of signalling and control problems” Prof Unwin sug...
'Elf 'n' Safety front ends
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This from the Commander... In regard to the view of the glossy pic adorning RailTalk in this month’s edition of Captain Deltic’s flagship pu...
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