Friday, 26 October 2012
EXPOSED: Thinly capitalised equity profiteer of worst kind!
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Shocking news from Eye. After four years of editing this blog for free The Fact Compiler has decided that it is time to accept advertising...
Burns Lite - McLoughlin in jobshare Shocker
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This from the blog of the Rt Hon David Lidington MP , with a bowler tip to @PrimlyStable ... So perhaps officials could tell us...
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Eye helps DfT with rolling stock sums
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To commemorate Alstom's delivery of the final vehicles for the Extendolino fleet it's time for an exciting new Eye survey! Eve...
ToT puts RDG tanks on RIA & ATOC lawns
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This from the Gruan interview with Tim O'Toole in advance of the Bradshaw Lecture... Q: The train operators appear to have a bumpy...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Brown Review - Partnership is key
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Eye understands that Richard Brown is busy assembling a team to work on his Review. According to sources they are likely to be absolute...
Burns Lite - Don't know, don't care
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Burns Lite - an occasional series highlighting the breadth and depth of knowledge held by officials in the Department for Transport. Th...
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Idiots About The Line - Soham
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Time for an exciting new Eye feature - Idiots About The Line! Our first entry comes from the Newmarket Journal ... Eye salute...
The benefits of privatisation explained - No 94
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This from Railnews ... CANCELLATIONS of London Midland services are set to continue until December, the operator has warned. More than...
Monday, 22 October 2012
Railway Garden Competition - Birmingham New St
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This from JT19... Good to see that despite the modernisation works at Birmingham New Street these heritage railway gardens look se...
Thinly capitalised equity profiteers fight back!
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This from a Mr Prester John... Bring back British Rail? Je don't think so! UPDATE: This from Our International Corr...
Railway Garden Competition - Worlaby
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This from a Mr Verdant... Never have I seen such a perfect lawn except, possibly, at Wimbledon.
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Introducing the new Chief Whip...
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This via @HeardinLondon ... The good news about Sir George Young is that he takes his family on the train. The bad news is #TheAgeOfTheT...
Friday, 19 October 2012
Lookalike - Political careers derailed 1830-2012
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UPDATE: This from Everyone... It would appear that the now former Chief Whip, Andrew Mitchell, has saved Gideon's political bacon.....
Gideon Gripped!
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This from @RachTownsendITV (for non Twitter regulars read from the bottom up)... That's the SOFA slashed then.
Bare faced cheek from mainland Europe!
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This headline from New Europe On-line: EU Update ... "UK’s rail transport interoperability with Europe’s mainland still lacks behind...
Porterbrook - Bringing home the bratwurst!
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This from Tommy Atkins... Exciting news from the nation's favourite ROSCO... Porterbrook Leasing has signed a contract with LNWR to ...
Railway Garden Competition - Abroad
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This from a Mr Door Bell... Here are a couple of pics of the approach to Lindau HBf on Lake Constance, Germany. Note the keenness w...
Thursday, 18 October 2012
FT opines on DfT's brain drain
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This from the Eminence Grise... Perusing your amusing blog I was surprised that this gem from the Pink'un of...
TSC - A voice crying in the wilderness...
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This from a Mr Tony Miles... I found this Transport Select Committee report from 2009 It makes interesting reading in the light of ...
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Raging against the SE twitter feed
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This from SouthEastern's twitter feed... person hit trains through Gillingham Kt & Faversham subject to 45 mins delay & canc #...
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