Time for an exciting new Eye feature! A quick scan of of the following document reveals some helpful insights into the franchising process.....

This from Ithuriel... Is this a cunning plan by ATOC to apply the McNulty apporach to mainland European railways, inflating their costs to U...

This from Percy Kilometer... ATOC's " Nationalrail " website appears unaware that Cambridge now has TWO more platforms - whi...

In a completely unexpected development it has emerged that the exciting new replacement for the HST fleet is subject to yet further delay ...

Exciting news for those not entirely convinced by HS2! This from the DfT website : Good to see that DafT is creating new capacity for journe...

The World's Greatest Living Transport Correspondent is an icon for the regenerative powers of Health and Efficiency! Not content with pl...

This from Lord Copper... Here's a chance for any budding 'Sir Ian Morton-Bauer' to break into the rail publishing world: Rail In...

This from Intermouchmey Consulting International... Dear Sir Now that Scotland has declared UDI perhaps Gorgeous George should rethink his p...

This from First Group ... FirstGroup has appointed Richard Parry to its rail bid team. Richard joins FirstGroup from Transport for London ...

Well there's a surprise! The DfT's High Speed Rail website has crashed. Yet again the Department for Transport shows just how good ...

This from the DfT ... The Secretary of State for Transport (Justine Greening) : The consultation High Speed Rail: Investing in Britain’s Fu...

Exciting news from Network Rail ! Good to see that the Infrastructure Controller is being careful with the pennies by recycling assets.

This from Ithuriel... According to the Great Western franchise OJEU Notice issued by DfT on 19 December : In the last year of BR, Intercit...

This from ScotRail... ScotRail today announced it is trialling the use of ‘3D’ graphics to brighten the look of train toilets. The walls are...

A Merry Christmas to all Eye readers! On the day that we were due to celebrate the 1000th day without an order for new rolling stock, DfT ...

This from Leo Pink... Hot on the news that the Secretary of State has issued a five page missive telling DfT officials how to write letters ...

Oh dear! Last week's roasting by Sir Beardie of DfT franchising policy and Johnny Foreigner railways has resulted in unexpected collator...

This from the late General Lee... Not so much pointless, just misspelt. Who auhorised this poorly-checked sign that appears all over St. Pan...

Let this be a lesson to all those who wear beanie hats... ( shurley fare dodge? Ed ) Good effort 'Big Man'!