Monday, 13 February 2012
Red Spotted Snotter
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Good to see that on-line retailer Red Spotted Hanky is on top of their game! This taken today : And NXEA is still listed on the menu at the ...
The case of the Silent Dog (Episode 3)
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Telegrammed by 221b Baker Street 'I say, Holmes, what do you make of the strange case of Network Rail's abandoned Management Incent...
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Pointless signs - Southern serving Soton
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This with a bowler tip to Eye's campanologist friend @SteadmanSlowSix ... As nobody pronounces the 'p' in Southampton, @Southern...
Friday, 10 February 2012
Pointless signs - DDA edition
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These courtesy of the The Wheeled Avenger... ...who is currently languishing at the bottom of the above Marks Tey stairs!
NR Annual Meeting adjourned
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This from Network Rail ... NETWORK RAIL GENERAL MEETING ADJOURNED Network Rail's general meeting to dis...
Keith Vaz - the eternal optimist?
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This from a Mr Saltaire I thought Eye readers might be interested in this 8th February contribution from Keith Vaz to a debate on the Polic...
Thursday, 9 February 2012
LUL's ERU to get 'Blues & Twos'
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According to the Docklands and East London Advertiser ... The ‘rapid response’ teams called out to tackle emergencies on the London Undergro...
Transport Select Committee - NR to attend
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This from the Transport Select Committee ... NETWORK RAIL – ORAL EVIDENCE SESSION Tuesday 13 March 2012 The Transport Committee will be ta...
Pointless signs - Didcot Parkway
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Eye is unsure if this is a spoof... ...if not perhaps a reader can explain its point? UPDATE: This from a Mr Peters... You asked if 'Cul...
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
DfT launches Operation Derail
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Eye can exclusively reveal why the Department has been so effective this week! Half of them aren't there. Under Operation Step Change , ...
Carry On team does the railway - EXCLUSIVE
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Eye is delighted to hear that the Carry On team are about to release a new film - Carry On up the Railway Plot summary: Sir David Ruff-Digg...
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...
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