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Friday, 31 August 2012

Joined up Government explained...

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This from Toby the Tram... I saw this at the Department for Communities & Local Government yesterday. Perhaps Eric Pickles s...
Thursday, 30 August 2012

Railway Garden Competition - ClogRail Loos

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This from Cross-legged Keith...   The picture below shows a new initiative from Greater Anglia to make its customers enjoy a lovely vi...
Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Those e-petition stats in full...

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This from Dr Syphon...   While the Virgin West Coast supporting e-petition powers away at 163,000+ votes, have you spotted the plucky und...

First for consulting M'learned Friends

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This from a Mr Pernickety-Nitpicker, senior partner with Messrs Sue, Grabbitt & Run...   There is a precedent for legal challenges to go...

Man on own island takes to Skype - "last resort"

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This from the Daily Telegraph ... That is all.
Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Railway Garden Competition - Three Oaks

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First Group debt results in surprising choice

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According to the Daily Telegraph... Trebles and package holidays all round.
Friday, 24 August 2012

More bad news for fans of Virgin Trains

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This from the Milton Keynes Citizen ... A popular model railway group has been asked to leave its Bletchley Park home after 18 years. ...
Thursday, 23 August 2012

Railway embraces willies and tools

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This from the late Kenneth Williams... Ere no! Stop messin' about! On the day that First TPE posted on their Facebook page that ...

TSC letter calls for delay in West Coast signing

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Letter from Louise Ellman MP, Chair,Transport Committee to Justine Greening: Dear Justine,   The announcement by Theresa Villiers on ...

First for telling it like it is.

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This from Ithuriel... Speaking to analysts following the award of the Intercity West Coast franchise, first Group CEO Tim O'Toole s...
Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Railway Garden Competition - Lincoln

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This from Dogboxdriver... Lincoln has featured before in Eye's Garden Competition, back in 2009 (pictured below). Having...

Railway Bothys - Manchester Victoria

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This from a Mr Twelve-Dozen... Eye readers might be interested to see the completion of the Manchester Victoria upgrade works.  In...

Pointless signs - Dalmuir

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This from Big Malc...   Presumably Gaelic speakers all use mobiles?

Griffiths to be Stagecoach CEO

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This from Reuters ... Stagecoach also said its chief executive Brian Souter would stand down and become the company's chairman in M...
Monday, 20 August 2012

An exciting Eye poll on VirginTrains' use of Twitter

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As previously covered on Eye ... Beardie Rail has been using the @VirginTrains twitter account to encourage passengers and followers t...

Theresa May keen to make rail travel more unpleasant!

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This from Public Sector Executive ... The Home Office is to consider introducing mass security screening at mainline rail stations and th...

A Conservative vision for the railways. Be afraid...

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Oh dear! In just 24 hours ConservativeHome has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. Yesterday it reported on the growing pressu...

ICWC bid spat exposes industry's immaturity

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The InterCity West Coast franchise excitement continues... Both First and Virgin have continued trading blows on-line and through the m...
Friday, 17 August 2012

Railway Garden Competition - Halifax

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This from @noddingdonkeys ... Verdant!
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