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Tuesday, 11 January 2011

HS2 to be subject to autumn delays

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Good news for fans of leaf fall timetables! This from Carrentals.co.uk ... Residents that will be living near the high speed rail route goin...
Monday, 10 January 2011

Mediaballs - ASLEF to disrupt Royal Wedding?

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Lots of chatter today claiming that ASLEF members on LUL will withdraw their labour on the day Kate and Wills get wed. Absolutely disgracefu...

Mediaballs - SWT an absolute shower?

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This from The Times today... With a bowler tip to our Independent Expert .

Fares Fair supporters part of the problem

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So. The Campaign for Better Transport's 'Fares Fair' campaigners have been busy in Brighton today. What jolly japes! Over at the...

Pointless signs - LUL misses the point

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This from @AMonkster , via Twitter... A year ago this poster would have qualified as a "Pointless Sign" Alas no more.

70012 - Crash, bang, wallop....

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Good news from Freightliner! Apparently when unloading Ugly Sister number 12 the lifting equipment failed and the locomotive dropped back in...

FOI - Sauce for the goose but not for the gander!

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This from the Press Gazette ... The Campaign for Freedom of Information has asked why Network Rail and nationalised bank Northern Rock aren’...
Friday, 7 January 2011

First saves a fortune in uniform costs!

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Good news from First Great Western! Ever conscious of the need for Value for Money procurement the TOC is apparently trialing a new uniform ...
Thursday, 6 January 2011

A reminder of how cold it was!

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This from a Mr Drayne... Willersley Tunnel (Northern portal), near Matlock Bath, Christmas Day 2010 : According to the Met Office the temp...
Wednesday, 5 January 2011

Mediaballs - Evening Standard

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Good news from Dick Murray on the Standar d! But what's this? Oh Dick - flay those subs alive!

Reading revealed...

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This from Network Rail's Internet Rapid Rebuttal Unit... Eye readers may be interested in some video of the work completed at Reading ov...

NR turns on the charm in 2011

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With ATOC floundering over fare rises Network Rail appears to be inveigling itself into the Tory party's good books. The new, improved,...

2010 Railway Eye stat porn

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In 2010 Railway Eye was visited 372,966 times by 73,836 unique visitors. Eye thanks all readers and contributors for their continued support...

Hull Trains has falling out with local MP

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This from Guido ... It seems Labour’s replacement for Prezza in Hull, the uninspiring Karl Turner, is as ham-fisted and polite as his predec...
Tuesday, 4 January 2011

Pointless signs - Beaconsfield station car park

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Monday, 3 January 2011

Lookalike - Mystic Crowley?

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Has Mystic Wolmar embraced the Dark Side? Possibly - judging by a picture used to illustrate an article by the World's Greatest Living T...

Lookalike - The War against Travel

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Railway Gongs 2011

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Eye congratulates the following... CBE Ian Arthur BROWN Managing Director London Rail, Transport for London. For services to the Rail Indust...
Friday, 24 December 2010

A Merry Christmas to all readers

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Eye would like to wish all readers a peaceful Christmas and prosperous New Year And in particular The Fact Compiler would like to thank the ...

Christmas Travel Tips - FuCC

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This from Pedal Steel... How to spot that First Capital Connect Great Northern is running an emergency timetable. Platform staff have no ide...
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