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Monday, 28 February 2011

NR restructuring - let them eat cake!

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This from BR Old Timer... Having just read the latest edition of Modern Railways I am intrigued by Roger Ford's reference to the possibl...
Friday, 25 February 2011

Eye solves NR's recruitment problem

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This from Leo Pink... I note that Network Rail is advertising for Managing Directors on its website. Would not it make more sense to advert...

Network Rail ensures equality of experience for all!

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Exciting news from Network Rail! Captain Permatan has been appointed a non-Executive Director of the not for profit company! Rick Haythornt...

For you the snow is over - says DB?

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Once our Teutonic friends have bought out all the TOCs and NR's exciting new RIMs perhaps we could have a couple of these please? With a...
Sunday, 20 February 2011

Network Rail shifts the deckchairs?

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Despite Petrol-head planning to restructure the industry with primary legislation Network Rail continues to try and seize the initiative. T...
Saturday, 19 February 2011

Eureka!!!!!!!!! Don't panic, don't panic!

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This from Archimedes... It all looks as if the preparation for Eureka!!!!!! are going swimmingly. East Coast has belatedly realised that, wi...
Friday, 18 February 2011

Get ready for the new Railways Act

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This from Louise Ellman at Thursday's Westminster Hall debate on Investment Priorities for the Railways: The Select Committee takes rai...

Latest ABC figures show print holding up

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It's ABC time again... As Eye pointed out last year most railway titles don't submit themselves to the indignity of an ABC circula...
Thursday, 17 February 2011

Virgin fails to learn from aviation experience

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This from Our Independent Expert... Q. Would Virgin Airlines allow one of it's planes to fly with bits missing? A. Exactly! So why is ...
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...
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