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Tuesday, 14 December 2010

A message to Berlin - Pull Your Fingers Out !

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This from East Midlands Trains ... East Midlands Trains completes installation of WiFi on Meridian trains Now that wasn't so difficult w...

Travel information - TfL shows ATOC how to do it

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This from the TfL website ... Updated Web Developers' Area and free travel information go live today. Free provision of data part of Tra...

ScotRail unveils clan O'Toole tartan

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With a bowler tip to Model Rail ... An ingenious engineering solution to adverse weather conditions .

Flash mob carol service at Sheffield!

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This from the Sheffield Star ... HUNDREDS of surprised train travellers stopped in their tracks when a choir broke into song for an imprompt...
Monday, 13 December 2010

Pointless signs - Quarmby, a message to you.

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Whilst David Quarmby pores over South Eastern's non-performance in the ice and snow... ...perhaps the RAC Chairman should also examine ...

Pointless signs - St Pancras station

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This from BA... One for Eye's ' Pointless Signs, missing the point ' collection? Here at the St Pancras East Midlands ticket bar...

P-way Institution Christmas Party - Exclusive Picture

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Trainy speakibold - Raj Edition

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This with a bowler tip to Dan in India. From the Times of India (Calcutta edition)... What a splendid challenge! Eye hopes that the mother c...
Thursday, 9 December 2010

Railway Carol Service - 15th December

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Gaudete! This year's Transport Benevolent Fund rail staff carol service takes place on: Wednesday 15th December at 12:30 at St Mary...

Network Rail: Clearing the Way

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Just beautiful! And so much better than any in the Cl 7x series... Bet Petrol-head never saw one this big from his Jag window! Anyone seen a...

Villiers vignettes - Private Eye

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This from the latest edition of Private Eye... Available now from all good newsagents! UPDATE: This from Steve Strong... About 600 people at...

HS2 to finish Luftwaffe's work?

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Exciting HS2 news! This from Coventry City Council... Coventry City Council has passed a resolution officially opposing the proposed north-s...
Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Philip Hammond delivers a Curate's Egg?

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Cautious congratulations to the Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP for today's announcement on restructuring the industry . In particular his deci...

Virgin plans Chunnel service to Serbia - Shocker

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This from Manxman... I thought Railway Eye readers might enjoy the below, spotted on the side of a Virgin Voyager at Crewe last Thursday mor...

Hammond to chair HLG to drive down costs

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This Written Ministerial Statement from the Secretary of State ... The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Philip Hammond): This Government...

ATOC emasculates the All Line Rover

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Good news from ATOC! From January the All Line Rover, much used by the Noble Lord on his Pilgrimages of Grice, will have early morning restr...

Rent-a-quote restored!

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Telegrammed by Leo Pink How good to see that Rupert Brennan-Brown and his amanuensis, Financial Times Transport Correspondent Robert Wright,...
Monday, 6 December 2010

Barbielino - Petrol-head unlashes the attack dogs!

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This from the Birmingham Post ... Virgin, which runs West Coast Main Line services from London to Birmingham and Manchester, is refusing to ...

NatEx not interested in West Coast franchise?

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This from The FT ... “We’re not interested in intercity franchises; we need to prove ourselves with c2c and East Anglia and use them to win ...

Pointless signs - Milton Keynes Central

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This from a Mr Francis... Milton Keynes Central Sunday Dec 5 A signal failure at Bletchley meant that nothing had moved moved southwards...
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