Tuesday, 18 October 2011
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: DfT welcomes Greening
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Eye hears good things about our new Secretary of State for Transport. The most frequently used terms are " impressive ", " ve...
Monday, 17 October 2011
Sailing by...
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This from Robert Wright of the FT... As many of you will already be aware and as others will be delighted and relieved to learn, I'm sta...
Lookalike - Annoying men on the Tube
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An amusing tale from the Daily Mail ... In a deliciously naff attempt to pretend that he is a common-man the Prime Minister has travelled on...
Lookalike - Electric Mayhem?
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Ticket office closures is first test for Greening
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Good news for those concerned about proposals to reduce booking office hours and station staffing! This from the constituency website of the...
Labour reshuffles Transport team
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Amidst all the excitement of Friday's Foxtrot the following from the Labour party may have gone un-noticed: Shadow Transport Secretary M...
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Change and decay in all around I see...
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With a bowler tip to @respros ... Dear God - it is much, much, much worse than we all thought! Uber-railway modeller Hornby, normally purvey...
Friday, 14 October 2011
Justine Greening new Transport Secretary
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Eye welcomes Justine Greening, our new Transport Secretary. And waves farewell to Philip Hammond who moves to Defence after 18 months at Mar...
Hammond goes to Defence?
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***Twitter suggesting Hammond to Defence if Liam Fox resigns*** More to follow... Fox resigned... Sky suggesting Hammond has Defence... Hamm...
Pointless signs - Charing Cross
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This from The Perky Copulator... "General information - Welcome to London". Sheer genius. But at least the ownership of the stati...
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Lookalike - The Beano?
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Whelan elected to lead ASLEF
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This via ASLEF ... Mick Whelan has been elected as the new General Secretary of ASLEF. Mick, the organiser for District 6, won a very close ...
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Villiers vignettes - Sorry the hardest word?
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Something to warm the heart of Captain Deltic! This from Cruella ... Theresa Villiers (Minister of State (Rail and Aviation); Chipping Barne...
TSC gets to the nub of the problem?
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This from the Transport Select Committee... Oral evidence – work of the department for transport The Transport Committee will be taking oral...
DafT shafts Railfreight with longer lorries
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This from Rubber Duck... Ah, breaker one nine this here’s Mike 'Bandit' Penning, Minister for Roads, on a 10-17. Have all my trucker...
Transport Select Committee for sale?
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Oh dear! Has the Transport Select Committee started offering product placement to generate a couple of extra bob? The emailed press release ...
German cracks a joke - shocker!
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Who says our Teutonic friends don't have a sense of humour? This from DB's October Press & Trade Newsletter... British Military ...
Monday, 10 October 2011
Eurostar NoL - a gift that keeps on giving
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This from today's Independent ... The Department for Transport spent "between £300,000 and £400,000 last year" on mothballed f...
IEP - The saga drags on
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This from Howard Wade... A good question from the Railway Lord . Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat) To ask Her Majesty's Government how ma...
Friday, 7 October 2011
Secret of Albino's 'winning' GA bid explained!
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Much chitter-chatter in the industry over who might have won the Greater Anglia franchise. Despite the announcement not being due for anothe...
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