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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Passenger information... delayed

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This from the Office of Rail Regulation ... Securing better passenger information Train operators have asked for more time to prepare for ne...

IEP - a long, slow, lingering death

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This from First Great Western's Fastline... InterCity Express Programme (IEP) update On 23 September 2011 I updated you on progress abou...

Captain Deltic's bonus bashing quiz

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Captain Deltic asks "Who said this and when?" ... But Network Rail's remuneration committee still allowed substantial bonuses...

Guido Fawkes FIRO - Shocker!

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Is uber-blogger Paul Staines a member of the Institution of Railway Operators? In a post on his order-order blog about the the move of Labo...
Monday, 6 February 2012

Network Rail Bonus Statement

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This from Network Rail... NETWORK RAIL ADJOURNS MEMBERS' MEETING The board of Netwo...

Grand Central appoints new MD

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This from the Northern Echo ... At that time York based Grand Central, employing 125, said it would continue with the same management team,...

Clog Rail tells staff 'prepare for passenger anger'

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A big Eye welcome to Greater Anglia, the former NXEA franchise now operated by Abellio. So how goes the new franchise on its second day? Put...
Friday, 3 February 2012

Wibble from Greening on NR bonuses

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This from Torquemada.. Is it not time to put the Transport Secretary to the Question? Justine Greening claims in a Tory Party press release...

Bletchley derailment and use of Twitter

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This morning Network Rail and the WCML TOCs have been showing how twitter can be an effective passenger communications tool during disruptio...
Thursday, 2 February 2012

National train shortage over - Official

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This from @ECMLfan , in Clog Rail Land... Exciting news from the new, improved, multi-media Railway Herald ! One in the eye for the cassandr...
Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Greening to meet the railway she runs?

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Eye's man with the soothing bedside manner has been in contact. Apparently Cruella will be spending more time than expected under doctor...

John Mann MP says move DfT to Birmingham

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Labour MP John Mann has tabled eight Bills proposing that key Whitehall departments are moved out of London to the regions. He suggests th...

Light the beacons!

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This from M'Lord Howard of Effingham... II'faith, information hath been received that the heir to the Duke of Medina Sidona and his ...
Monday, 30 January 2012

Railway has a Miliband moment #blackbusters

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Eye is indebted to FCC and Network Rail for suggesting a clever pub quiz question this weekend! Q. What is the difference between a ball and...

Clog Rail's ambitious plans for PPM

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Good to see that Abellio is on top of all this timekeeping stuff. This screen grab from their Greater Anglia website taken at 12:10 today : ...

Abolition of Railway Heritage Committee - latest

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Those who care about our railway's heritage may be interested in this DfT consultation document, published with little fanfare. ...

Pointless signs - SWT on-train facilities

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This via @amonkster ... Eye readers are advised to mind their bits when using this compact facility .
Thursday, 26 January 2012

Penning's pratfalls whilst Cruella derailed.

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Eye understands that the Minister for Transport is currently hors de combat. It would appear that Theresa has broken her collar bone - ouch!...

Is it time to consider an age limit for drivers?

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This from the Bexhill Observer ... An 85-year-old woman has had a lucky escape after driving down a high-speed railway line for 80 yards af...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Greater Anglia - not with a bang but a whimper

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Abellio has published the names of directors of its new Greater Anglia franchise which starts on February 5th. They are : Ruud Haket , Manag...
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