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Thursday, 8 March 2012

Command Paper celebrates the markets!

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This from Captain Deltic... I note from section 4.67 of the Command Paper that: Our preference would be that, building on the Competition C...

Railway Garden Competition - Tottenham Hale

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Perhaps Clog Rail, with their home-grown expertise in water management, can do a little better than the previous franchisee?

NR turns to Ford... again for new Chairman

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This from Stockmarketwire.com... Professor Richard Parry-Jones is to be the next chairman of Network Rail. It is his intention to appoint a...

ITSO in disarray as CEO departs

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Good to see that the government's plans for smartcards are going well. According to Modern Railways ... Michael Leach has left...
Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Manuel Cortes fires up the Quattro

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Oh dear. This from the leader of the TSSA today: Manuel Cortes said: "If the local booking office goes, then the station itself will no...

Exciting new Eye avian competition launched

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Time for an exciting new Eye competition! Please study these two statements contained in recent press releases from the RMT and Labour tranp...

Pointless signs - CrossCountry Voyager

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DfT flounders for answers to railway reform

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In advance of Friday's industry briefing on rail reform, government spinners have been hard at work. In the FT today the Department unv...
Tuesday, 6 March 2012

ORR gives regulatory thumbs up to Alliances

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This from the Office of Rail Regulation ... We support the concept of alliances and welcome their potential to add value in the rail sector,...

Man travels entire FGW network - by choice!

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This from Inspector Blakey... Would you mind giving a plug to my friend Ollie's charity fundraising tour of the FGW network? He's ai...

Villiers vignettes - Rolling stock procurement

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This from Cruella ... Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood, Labour) To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 1 Dec...

Eurostar causes Catwalk Catastophe

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Big disruption to Eurostar services following yesterday's OHLE problems in France. Judging by media coverage the only people affected we...
Monday, 5 March 2012

Command Paper to be published Friday?

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According to today's lobby briefing... Justine Greening will publish the Government response to the Sir Roy McNulty report on Friday. So...

BTP now armed at major stations

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Sad to say police officers with firearms are now set to become the norm at major stations. As pictured at St Pancras on Friday... Eye shares...

Man fails to put kettle on - keeps job

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Exciting news from the National Railway Museum! According to the Yorkshire Post ... THE director of the National Railway Museum in York has ...

Pointless signs - Battle

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As nice an example of meaningless Newspeak as you are likely to see. Anything wrong with the good old fashioned - Out of Order?

Railway Garden - Saltash Bridge

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Welcome to the 2012 Railway Garden competition! Good to see that Isambard's bridge is getting a lick of paint. Perhaps between brush str...
Friday, 2 March 2012

Pointless signs - Abroad

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This from Snapper, out East somewhere... I thought Eye readers might enjoy this picture from Asia. Judging by the placement of this disabled...
Thursday, 1 March 2012

Pointless signs - Parson Street

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This from a Mr Ethridge... This pointless sign was photographed at Parson Street station a few days ago. I feel the " For further infor...

Pointless signs - East Coast

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This from His & Mine... Lavatory door of East Coast HST vehicle 41044 taken today. The loo is working fine.
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