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Friday, 29 October 2010

Frenchies fail!

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This from the Beeb ... Alstom loses Eurostar court case over German train deal Chortle!

Pointless signs - Beckenham Junction

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Not strictly a sign but you get the gist... Who says the railways can't be flexible when it comes to 'Elf'n'Safety?

Railway Air Service Resurgent

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Telegrammed by International Correspondent British Transport Police is taking control of 23 helicopters (plus three spares) to provide a new...

Railway Magazine sold to Mortons

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As predicted by Eye way back in August the Railway Magazine has been sold to Mortons Media Group. This from the Press Gazette ... The Railw...

Railway Garden Competition - NR Acts!

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Finally it looks as if Network Rail has decided to act against the scourge of Railway Gardens! This from the Shropshire Star ... A TEAM OF W...

Mediaballs - The Currant Bun

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This from The Sun ... An article on 15 September reported RMT General Secretary Bob Crow had a union-subsidised home and luxury car. In fa...

Labour's new transport team is a flop - Official

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This, unbelievably, from Simon Hoggart in the the Gruaniad ! Roberta (fetchingly played by Jenny Agutter in the film, and by Labour's ju...
Thursday, 28 October 2010

Colour by numbers

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This from Maarten Otto... How on earth Ian Yeowart came up with green on a GNER branding is a complete mystery to me. So I took the libe...

Pointless signs - Water Orton

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This from the New Puritan... London Midland have recently kindly provided departure screens (which by the way do not work) and a shiny new s...
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...
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