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Friday, 5 October 2012

Mingay speaks!

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This is the statement issued by Kate Mingay... The PR Office issued the following statement today on behalf of Kate Mingay and her lawyer...

Farewell - keep it McLean and good Knight

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Yesterday saw a farewell do for two time served railway PRs. Virgin men, Allan McLean and Steve Knight, held a retirement breakfast aboard...

Quadruple naming for Samaritans founder

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Amidst all the negative noise some good news! Yesterday four railway companies named rolling stock at Euston in honour of the Rev Chad Var...

New Irish Rail CEO appointed

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So the UK brain drain to Ireland continues. First Theresa Villiers took up the role of Northern Ireland Secretary, and perhaps not a minut...

Cap and Collar costs revealed

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This from the RMT ...   Evidence unearthed by rail union RMT has revealed that all of the rail franchises currently eligible for receiving...
Thursday, 4 October 2012

Railway Garden Competition - Liverpool Lime St

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This from Lovely Rita... I thought Eye readers might appreciate a picture of ' The Crumbling Edge of Quality '. Perhaps our n...

A word to the wise...

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A number of colleagues at the Department for Transport have been suspended. This is part of an on-going independent review into the lesson...

ICWC fiasco results in new Thameslink challenge

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This from the Derby Telegraph ... Four Tory MPs have asked the Department for Transport to look again at its decision not to award Derby ...

Pointless signs - Arriva XC Voyager at Reading

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Railway Garden Competition - Derby

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This from a Miss Edna Derby... Some nicely manicured lawns at Derby... but the train behind exhibits some nice flora as well!    DCR 3...

NR restores Prize Length award!

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This from the latest issue of Network Rail's internal magazine for maintenance teams... Good effort!

Greening's accountancy skills explained

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With the role of Justine Greening in the ICWC franchise scandal receiving increasing attention, Eye thought the following tale might be inst...
Wednesday, 3 October 2012

I told you so... No 2

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This from Captain Deltic... May I join in Eye's exciting new feature? From the Modern Railways editorial in the October 2012 edition...

Eye's exciting new feature: I told you so... No 1

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This from a Mr Robert Wright of the Pink'un...   One doesn't like to blow one's own trumpet (actually, one does, but it's ...

3rd October - A day that keeps on giving

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This from Trailer Second...   What a way to celebrate 10 years since Network Rail took over Railtrack on 3rd October 2002! Will Richard Bro...

McLoughin and Rutnam face TSC fury

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This from the Transport Select Committee... 3 October 2012 For Immediate Release:                                               SCA 2...

Silence of the Lambs?

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This from Ithuriel... Railway Eye has been remarkably quiet about those who advised the DfT West Coast Franchise team? Does the Fact Com...

Lookalike - Leading from the front

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Rutnam ducks the first volley

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This from the DfT ... “Three officials involved in the West Coast franchise competition were today suspended by the Permanent Secretary w...

As DfT burns NR beefs up LNW Route management

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This just in from Network Rail... Jo Kaye, currently route managing director for the London North Western route, is to take up a newly-cre...
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