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Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Chancellor's Budget statement - Rail

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This from the Chancellor's Budget statement today... I confirm today that Network Rail will extend the Northern Hub, adding to the ele...

Le TGV est arrivé

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This from Sue La Manche The first TGV to visit St Pancras carried not passengers but parcels, as a demonstration of the potential for high ...
Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Pointless signs - Abroad

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This from Globetrotter... A gem from the bay platform at Queensland Rail's Bundaberg station. Other forms of motive power may presumably...
Monday, 19 March 2012

Network Rail eats, shoots and leaves - Official

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Eye is indebted to Mr Rand for this photo and also salutes Network Rail! This sign points unequivocally to the entrance of a station that wa...

Tories claim Northern transport budget too big!

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This telling tale from the Newcastle Journal ... But speaking to The Journal , the Transport Secretary said the North was getting a fairer ...

Pointless signs - Redhill

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This from @cnsqpr ... Southeastern last ran there in '08 and FGW Link haven't existed since '06.

Alan Francis Pegler OBE - RIP

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This via the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway website... Alan Francis Pegler OBE It is with great sadness that we report that Alan Fra...

Railway Garden Competition - Basingstoke

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This from the Mad Hatter... The picture below came with a press release from South West Trains announcing the new look Basingstoke station. ...
Friday, 16 March 2012

Banbury 'La-de-da' Mess room sign

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This from @drew2611 ... Was amused by FCC Drivers' mess sign however I think ours at Banbury gives a touch of class: Eye bets they don...

Eye Enterprises presents The Olympic Scotsman!

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YOU could own a part of 2012! Eye Enterprises is offering a unique opportunity to acquire a 1.76th representation of national icon Flying Sc...

Crossrail Handicap runners and riders

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This from our Racing Correspondent... With the Invitation to Negotiate for the Crossrail fleet issued, bookmakers Paddy Hill have published...
Thursday, 15 March 2012

Network Rail statement on Elsenham

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Network Rail was today fined £1m after the company pleaded guilty to Health and Safety breaches at Chelmsford Crown Court. Network Rail issu...

Peterborough mess room sign

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Nice!

Villiers vignettes - rewriting history

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This from Ithuriel... From a written answer by Theresa Villiers on 6 March . DfT asked the rail industry to look into the possibility of im...

Pointless signs - Derby

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This one perhaps misses the point... Sadly.

Thoughts on King's Cross western ticket hall

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A brief reflection on the truly magnificent new western ticket hall at King's Cross. At Broad Street we lost a station to development. A...
Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Pointless signs - Diss

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This from Gricerbritannia... Two new “Help points” were installed at Diss station during the dying days of NXEA. At the same time the PIS-po...

Conference news - tail lamp slot

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Good to see that the railfreight community retains its sense of humour! The UK Rail Development and Investment conference (18-19 April) offe...
Tuesday, 13 March 2012

EC Pendolino - There is more joy in heaven...

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A perfect run last night from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross! Operated by Virgin Trains... Controlled by East Coast... Burying IEP! ...

NR public or private - PAC weighs in

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This from today's Public Accounts Committee report into Reducing costs in the Department for Transport ... It is unacceptable that Netwo...
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