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Monday, 26 March 2012

Passenger Focus - Qui custodiet ipsos custodes?

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This from the Metro ... Anthony Smith’s salary as chief executive of Passenger Focus has risen from £95,000 in 2008 to £122,000 last year. D...

BoJo flounders on driverless Tube

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Compare and contrast. This from the Daily Telegraph on the 28th February 2012 : Boris Johnson pledges to introduce driverless tube trains wi...

Doug Oakervee to chair HS2

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This from the Department for Transport... Douglas Oakervee appointed as new chair of HS2 Ltd Douglas Oakervee has been appointed as the new...

Pointless signs - New Cross

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This from Pedantic of Purley... This sign is approximately 60 yards (less than a train length) from the buffer stop at the London Overgro...
Friday, 23 March 2012

DBS celebrates HMQ's Diamond Jubilee

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A nice touch from DB Schenker at Manchester Victoria this morning . The railfreight and logistics company invited Her Majesty the Queen to n...
Thursday, 22 March 2012

Circle line Stations of the Cross

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This from the Catholic Herald ... C ommuters forced to ponder the inscrutable workings of London Underground’s Circle Line were this week o...

The 'Golden Hour' after the solids hit the fan

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This from Arthur Leathley in Marketing Week ... A crisis affects the whole business, he says, not just those people directly dealing with i...

Pointless signs - Wemyss Bay

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This from Electra - and the 7 x 77's... I was amused to see yesterday's Pointless Sign which came all the way from Upside Downland. ...

Freightliner owner files for bankruptcy protection

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This from Bloomburg... Arcapita, formerly known as First Islamic Investment Bank, filed for Chapter 11 March 19 along with five affiliates, ...
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...
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