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Tuesday, 11 September 2012

Behold Wolmayor!

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Are there no limits to the ambition of the World's Greatest Living Transport Correspondent? Not content with being star of wireless...

Implications of 'Revenue Support' explained

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Hard times at EMT judging by this sign at Neville Hill. Presumably a quick sale will also allow Stagecoach to contribute to Virgin T...
Monday, 10 September 2012

Sumner's Olympian memo tells it like it is!

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This from Hugh Sumner, Director Transport, ODA... Dear staff, The nation’s toughest task, your moment in the global spotlight, millions of ...

Virgin launches new route to Scotland

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This from Virginia Water... With DOR set to run both East Coast and West Coast InterCity franchises the state will have an effective monop...

Bob Crow talks sense, for a fleeting moment

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This from the RMT ... TRANSPORT UNION RMT today paid tribute to the thousands of public transport staff in London and beyond who have been...

Tom Clift - funeral arrangements

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The funeral of Tom Clift will be held at St Martin's church, Caerphilly at 13:15 on Monday 24th September.   The service will be follow...

Railway unbothy - Tamworth

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This from Captain W E Johns... This is one of two 'open plan' waiting rooms at Tamworth station.  The old waiting rooms were ...

Railway Garden Competition - Shipley

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This from Barrett Homes... Three from Shipley. Here the entrance subway off Station Road And here the former platform opposite the...

Pointless signs - Cardiff Bay

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This from a Dr Gloucester... I thought Eye readers might like the following example of a multilingual pointless sign. Note the cunning re...

DfT prepares to activate DOR on West Coast

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As Beardie and ToT gear up for this afternoon's barnstorming performance at the TSC , the DfT is turning up the heat on Virgin. In yes...
Thursday, 6 September 2012

Aslef asks for support for Charity run

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This from Alan Moss, National Secretary, ASLEF/Virgin Trains Safety Advisory Committee...   Could you please take a moment to pass the fol...

A request for Harrow and Wealdstone memories

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This from London Reconnections ... Next month it will be the 60th anniversary of the Harrow and Wealdstone rail accident, Britain’s worst ...

Railway Garden Competition - Slade Green 376

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Railway Garden Competition - Wilmslow

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Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Hammond back!

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This from @Number10gov ... PM appoints Stephen Hammond as Parliamentary Under Secretary at Department for Transport. Finally! Rail brief ple...

Tom Clift RIP - Passenger Champion

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Eye was shocked to hear today that Tom Clift had passed away. Tom recently described himself as follows: Tom Clift has worked in the ra...

Norman Baker still in post

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At least plans for tram trains may have some continuity. Bwahahahaha! That is all.

Mostly missing minister replaced by Burns

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The new Minister of State for Transport is Simon Burns. Biog below from his website : Simon was born in September 1952. He was educated ...

McLoughlin demands MML upgrade!

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This from the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP... This is clearly not a line in decline—it is a line with increasing investment, improving ...

TSC brings ICWC protagonists face to face

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This from the Transport Select Committee ... Oral evidence – Rail 2020: West Coast Mainline Franchise   The Transport Select Committee w...
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