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Monday, 30 April 2012

Pointless signs - Bristol Temple Meads

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This from a Mr Montgomery Burns... Nanny State is alive and kicking in the West Country!

Pointless signs - Upper Holloway

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This from a Mr Tony Miles... Eye readers may note the lack of 3rd rail or overhead equipment as they peruse this sign at the western ...

Railway Garden Competition - Chester

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The 'drought' appears in danger of ruining this year's Railway Garden Competition. However, at Chester this tasteful arrang...

Railway overmanning exposed - Shocker!

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This seen at Immingham on Friday... So how many people does it take to polish a nameplate?

NR & SWT Deep Alliance launched today

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This from Stagecoach and Network Rail... PASSENGERS  TO  BENEFIT  AS  SOUTH  WEST  TRAINS  AND NETWORK RAIL FORM NEW ALLIANCE · Singl...
Friday, 27 April 2012

The challenge of transparency

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Some disturbing figures have emerged from the British Transport Police. Released following an FOI request they reveal worryingly high inc...

Pointless signs - Yesterday's up AngloScots sleeper

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Depot pride returns to railway?

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 More of this please.
Thursday, 26 April 2012

Historic signs - The Ghost of Clarity Past

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A reader writes to say... Dear Fact Compiler As a devoted reader of your... (Get on with it! Ed). Perhaps Eye should have an ...

Why rail travel beats the rest!

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This from the Railway Public Relations Office... Reasons to be cheerful!  Spring evening rainbow above field of newborn lambs.  ...

HS2 un-news from DfT - Offical

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This from the Department for Transport... Alison Munro re-appointed as Chief Executive of HS2 Ltd Alison Munro has been re-appointed as...

Pointless signs - York cone shrine

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This from @TonyVeitch ... One of my favourite signs.   I revisit this little shrine to signdom every so often.

Exciting new logo for Class 70 fleet

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Pointless signs - High Wycombe

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This from CU... A rather fetching retro look to High Wycombe last night, attracting many admiring looks from commuters. Sadly ...
Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Villiers vignettes - another apology

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This from Cruella, given in the House yesterday ... Theresa Villiers (Minister of State (Rail and Aviation), Transport; Chipping Barnet...
Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Pointless signs - Tisbury

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This from @steinsky ... Single (short) platform - all trains stop same place, same platform.
Monday, 23 April 2012

RMT threatens BoJo with legal action

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This from the RMT ... "RMT can confirm that we have today commenced a High Court action for defamation on Boris Johnson over his ...

TfL unveils congestion and chaos map

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So. TfL have produced a website showing likely congestion hotspots during the Olympics. Meanwhile a Mr Ouch writes... These po...

Pointless signs - Cross Country Reservations

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This from the Cynic... Several years after they were installed, the little LCD reservation screens on the Arriva XC HSTs are now final...

Swiss show TOCs how to balance books

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This from The Local , Switzerland's news in English... A vast array of weird and wonderful items from the Swiss rail network's ...
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