Tuesday, 30 November 2010
FREE POSTER for every Eye reader!
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Please feel free to download, print and display prominently... Why not involve the whole family? Ask the the kids to print off a version ...
Wolmarballs on new rolling stock
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Telegrammed by Our Man at 222 Marylebone Road Britain's self styled greatest living transport expert, quoting from the Grauniad's Pe...
Christmas Railway Garden - Durham
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With a bowler tip to Ricdea , via Twitter... Very festive!
Monday, 29 November 2010
Lesser spotted Eagle threatended with extinction?
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Looks like Ed Milibean is not alone in having his leadership skills questioned. Maria the Eagle may also want to watch her back. This from t...
Vox populi, vox Eye!
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This from John... According to this Cabinet report from Kent County Council ... “ Applications to classify new highways or to alter the clas...
Cross Country still in breach of franchise commitment
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A pretty map has arrived in The Fact Compiler's inbox from retailing website mytrainticket.co.uk But what's this. Something is stran...
First million pound fare - Shocker!
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Exciting news from the National Rail Enquiries website! Regular Eye readers will recollect that ATOC was less than transparent when it annou...
Friday, 26 November 2010
Telegraph backs HS2 - Shocker
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There will be purple faces over Chiltern breakfasts tomorrow! The Torygraph has come out in favour of HS2. This from David Millward ... But ...
Lookalike - Whyter than Wight
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This from Lazarus... I cannot help but notice the striking similarity between Modern Railway's diagram of Glasgow - Edinburgh routes (...
Villiers Vignettes - The sound of silence
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This from The Banker... Cruella was in Leeds this lunchtime on what I think is called a 'whistlestop'. Sadly no whistle in evidence ...
Turkeys vote against Christmas - Shocker!
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This gem from Local Transport Today ... The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) has hit out at the Government’s approach to cu...
Hitachi resorts to type in IEP negotiations
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This from the Northern Echo ... TRAIN builder Hitachi yesterday hinted it could walk away from plans to create thousands of jobs in the Nort...
Thursday, 25 November 2010
602 days without a new train order
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For the avoidance of doubt... Despite all today's fine words and column inches it remains 602 days since the last order for new trains w...
Hammond - Ministerial Statement on Rail Investment
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This from the DfT ... The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Philip Hammond): This statement sets out the Government’s plans for investmen...
Hammond cuts Adonis' investment plans
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So. Good news for the South East (Thameslink and Crossrail get 1,800 new passenger vehicles). Apparently the homes for another 200 vehicles ...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Petrol-head Rail Expenditure Handicap - Latest Prices
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Eye's Course Correspondent reports the going for tomorrow's big event as 'Rough to dodgy'. Runners and riders Cockney Lin...
Trainy speakibold - Villiers vignetitude
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This written answer given by Cruella on the 23 November ... Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon, Conservative) To ask the Secretary of State for...
601 days since the last new train order
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This from Captain Deltic... So busy proof reading Rail Business Intelligence that I overlooked that yesterday was the 600th day without a ne...
ATOC fares spin unspun - again?
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Last year ATOC decided that it would only announce a headline figure for the January 2010 fares increases. Regular readers may recollect tha...
Monday, 22 November 2010
Thursday now the new Tuesday - Official
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Exciting news for those who are completely confused about when Petrol-head will announce the death of the UK's last remaining train manu...
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