Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Huggable Higgins in front of the TSC
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NETWORK RAIL – ORAL EVIDENCE SESSION Tuesday 1 March 2011 Committee Room 6, House of Commons The Transport Committee will be taking oral evi...
Eureka!!!! emerges into the light of day!
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This from Albatross... The much awaited EUREKA East Coast time table is now available in all its “ GORY ” on the East Coast website . For th...
Arriva celebrates arrival of on-board WiFi
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This from The Man by the Photocopier... Well, well, well. With just ONE CrossCountry Voyager finally equipped with wi-fi after years of fra...
Captain Deltic issues a call to arms!
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This from the good Captain (for it is he)... Another railway research strategy consultation document has been published - this time by cons...
Monday, 14 February 2011
Septic scribbler screws NRs budget
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This from ITV ... Best-selling author Bill Bryson, who lives in Norfolk, is fronting a new campaign to clean up England's railways. Brys...
Peter Fox's funeral service Friday 18th February
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This from Robert at Today's Railways... Peter Fox’s funeral service will be held at Carterknowle Methodist Church, Edgedale Road, Sheffi...
Chiltern enters Pisspoor PR Awards
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According to @Chilternrailway ... Our VIPs Wills and Kate at Marylebone. No doubt this wheeze had them rolling in the aisles in Berlin? UP...
Mail's transport correspondent gets spanked botty
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Does SouthEastern have a guardian angel? On Saturday the Daily Mail ran this story ... For once, it wasn’t wet weather outdoors that caused ...
NR looks for new Comms Director
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With Huggable Higgins now in place NR is looking to fill the other half of the former Coucher Pender combo. Yesterday's Sunday Times con...
Wifi finally appears on a CrossCountry train
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First Arriva CrossCountry wifi enabled set in traffic . As exclusively revealed by Eye on the 21st January and seen in service on Friday. W...
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Exciting privatisation news from abroad
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Good news from The Zimbabwean ... HARARE - The government is considering opening up the railway network to private players, says State Enter...
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Ken Livingstone wins European Railway Award
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Eye congratulates Ken Livingstone for winning the European Railway Award! This from some people abroad... Ken Livingstone and Stefan Haas re...
DB masters the skies!
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This exciting news from DB's Trade & Press newsletter, just landed... Deutsche Bahn launches “flying trains” to promote Rail&Fly...
Peter Fox RIP
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Eye understands that Peter Fox, master of the Platform 5 publishing empire, passed away yesterday. The Fact Compiler adds his condolences to...
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
No surprises as another DafT procurement fails
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Regular Eye readers will not be surprised to see that yet another DafT procurement exercise has gone tits-up. This from the Beeb ... Plans t...
Pointless signs - Didcot Parkway
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This from Concerned of Caversham... Spotted at Didcot Parkway station: Is this a cunning ruse to ensure that any fire does full justice to d...
Monday, 7 February 2011
Network Rail - old habits die hard...
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This from a Resident of Grub Street... Despite last week's arrival of ' Huggable Higgins ' NR still appears unable to shake off ...
Pointless signs - Croxley Green
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Love-in on the East Coast?
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This from King Henry... Exciting news from the country's two remaining Open Access Operators. According to the National Rail website... ...
Pointless signs - Hamilton Square, Merseyrail
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UPDATE: This from Rudi at Merseyrail... Not quite as pointless as you might think at first glance; it marks the area on the platform where t...
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