Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Slow news day - Official
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Much noise amongst the railway chattering classes. Apparently a number of key individuals are either very quiet or on the move! The Fact Com...
Byers and the riddle of the sands
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Good news for rail passengers in the United Arab Emirates! F ormer Transport Minister Stephen Byers is apparently providing his not inconsi...
Monday, 24 January 2011
Go-Ahead franchises to improve dramatically?
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Good news for passengers on GoAhead's dire franchises. This from StockMarketWire.com ... The bus and train company, Go-Ahead, has appoin...
Network Rail spared FOI
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This from the BBC's Martin Rosenbaum ... Lord McNally, the minister in charge of freedom of information policy, says he once tried to su...
Sunday, 23 January 2011
HS2 to be laid in record time through Yorkshire!
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Dear Flabby Southerners Apparently: 'Tony Beckwith at Ribblehead dines on cow pie and spinach and can do baton twirls with railway lines...
Friday, 21 January 2011
CrossCountry finally fits WiFi to a train?
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This from an Eye spy... You might like to know that Cross Country unit 220030 has been fitted with trial WiFi in First Class and will be lab...
Thursday, 20 January 2011
70's remix with Pans People
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This from the Mad Hatter... Pans People at work... Pans People not at work... Naughty!
Exciting New Eye Competition - Shape our Future!
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Telegrammed by Biggles Time for an exciting New Eye Competition! Using your skill and judgment please categorise these three photos accord...
Pointless signs - Hatfield
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This from The Yokel... Would these pictures from Hatfield (Herts) qualify as Pointless Sign entries? The bridge is the only way onto and off...
BTP to turn railways into Wild West
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Good news for those concerned about fare evasion! This from Sky News ... Sky News has learned that the growing threat of terrorism has promp...
Rail privatisation failed - Official
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Telegrammed by Leo Pink The Government's response to the Franchising Consultation appears to mark a clean break with the policies of the...
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Today's franchises are a Curate's Egg - Official
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So. Welcome to the new world of Franchising! This from the DfT's Reforming Rail Franchising: Government response to consultation and pol...
Marsham Street rivals the Court of St James
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This from The Marsham Street Observer... Following Japan's heavyweight lobbying in favour of Hitachi, the reception area outside Petrol-...
McNulty report deeply flawed - Official
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Telegrammed by Ithuriel Here is a table from the interim submission of Sir Roy McNulty's Rail Value for Money study . Older readers who ...
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
South Eastern passengers left in the dark
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Sad news indeed for South Eastern passengers who rely on social media to plan their journeys. According to the 853 blog @Train_Driver is no...
Monday, 17 January 2011
Wolmar takes the Nimby shilling - Shocker
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This from the Windsorian... I see that a Stop HS2 2011 National Convention has been called for 19th February at Stoneleigh Park in Warwick...
Hitachiballs: Rising Sun flies over Derby?
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Telegrammed by Howard Wade This from the Northern Echo on the 13th January ... THE Japanese government yesterday lobbied ministers to urge ...
Villiers vignettes - improvements to South Eastern
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This from Kentnews ... A government minister has refused to intervene in the ongoing rail fare dispute, stating the massive price hike was w...
Celtic fringe lambasts ATW
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Exciting news for fans of the Welsh language! This from the Cambrian News ... A LANGUAGE row has erupted in Pen Llyn, after councillors crit...
Friday, 14 January 2011
Woman has ride on train
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Good news for fans of German rail travel... This from The Local ... The police on Friday said they had arrested a woman having a good time w...
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