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Thursday, 3 February 2011

Adam Smith Institute plays trains

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Good to see that the Adam Smith Institute has its fingers well and truly on the pulse. An article from the think tank celebrating the ' ...

DafT invests £27m and buys errr... nothing!

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Exciting news from the ever-profligate Department for Transport. This written answer from Cruella on the 1st February... John McDonnell (Ha...
Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Labour abandons previous transport pledges?

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Like her namesake Eddie, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary is going downhill fast! This from Maria the Eagle, in the Evening Standard ...

January visitors to Railway Eye

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In January Railway Eye received 40,696 visits from 13,767 unique visitors . According to Google Analytics you viewed 52,690 splenetic utte...

NR - Open, transparent, accountable, responsive?

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David Higgins starts as Network Rail's new CEO today. This from the man himself ... “l also want people to associate these words with ...
Monday, 31 January 2011

More piccies of celebrity loco 70012 'Powerfall'

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These fine images from Captain Ahab... Freightliner has apparently denied that this is a design mod in preparation for returning traffic to...

DB continues to view GB as second class market

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This by way of a gratuitous dig at the WSMR closing, Class 66 exporting and WiFi avoiding Deutsche Reichsbahn... In a major boost for rail p...

Now Chinese lobby to supply trains to UK

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As usual, Eye is bang on the nail! This posted by our columnist, The Marsham Street Observer , on Wednesday the 19th January... The place [...

Crow claims phone hacked

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Exciting news from Crow Bar Bob! Apparently the great man believes that his mobile phone may have been hacked, along with those of other rea...
Wednesday, 26 January 2011

WSMRballs - Thought crime!

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This from Steve Strong... Does today's announcement mean that Adrian Shooter is the last BR Director to close an entire route? Naughty!

Mary Grant to leave First Group

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As predicted by Eye's slightly cryptic post yesterday Mary Grant is to depart First Group. This from First's website : Mary Grant, ...

DfT roads team drives freight off rail

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This from Rose Hill... After months of uncertainty, DFT has finally announced that the long running Freight Facilities Grant scheme has been...

Video nasty?

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This from Widows Peak... This surreal YouTube video has currently been viewed by nine people. Would any Eye readers have a clue as to what o...

WSMRballs - RMT

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And this codswallop from Crow Bar Bob... "This is a bitter blow to the UK rail industry and it is a scandal that a giant company like ...

WSMRballs - Beardie Rail

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This tosh from Beardie Rail ... Virgin Trains to the rescue for stranded WSMR passengers Virgin Trains has today confirmed that it will ...

Wolmarballs - Wrexham and Shropshire

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This from the Worlds Greatest Living Transport Correspondent, via the BBC ... ANALYSIS Rail expert and journalist Christian Wolmar I'm a...

So. Farewell WSMR!

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This from Chiltern chairman, Adrian Shooter... It is with great regret that I am writing to tell you that we are intending to close the Wrex...
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...
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