Welcome to the Official Railway Eye Laidlaw Joke! And here it is: Q: How come everyone who knows how to run the railway is either cuttin...

This from the National Audit Office ... Work in progress: Cancellation of the competition for the Intercity West Coast franchise Study ...

This from the Department for Transport ... West Coast Main Line: Laidlaw Inquiry interim findings...       The independent inquiry into t...

So. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin is appearing before the House of Commons today to give an update on the InterCity West Coast fran...

Following disclosure of significant failings in Eye's latest survey on IEP costs the following statement has been issued: IEP cost com...

This from a Mr L J Breeze... These are increasingly desperate times at the Department for Transport, judging by this picture taken at the ...

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...

This from the blog of the Rt Hon David Lidington MP , with a bowler tip to @PrimlyStable ... So perhaps officials could tell us...

To commemorate Alstom's delivery of the final vehicles for the Extendolino fleet it's time for an exciting new Eye survey! Eve...

This from the Gruan interview with Tim O'Toole in advance of the Bradshaw Lecture... Q: The train operators appear to have a bumpy...

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 - an occasional series highlighting the breadth and depth of knowledge held by officials in the Department for Transport. Th...

Time for an exciting new Eye feature - Idiots About The Line! Our first entry comes from the Newmarket Journal ... Eye salute...

This from Railnews ... CANCELLATIONS of London Midland services are set to continue until December, the operator has warned. More than...

This from JT19... Good to see that despite the modernisation works at Birmingham New Street these heritage railway gardens look se...

This from a Mr Prester John...   Bring back British Rail?  Je don't think so! UPDATE: This from Our International Corr...

This from a Mr Verdant... Never have I seen such a perfect lawn except, possibly, at Wimbledon.

This via @HeardinLondon ... The good news about Sir George Young is that he takes his family on the train. The bad news is #TheAgeOfTheT...

UPDATE: This from Everyone... It would appear that the now former Chief Whip, Andrew Mitchell, has saved Gideon's political bacon.....

This from @RachTownsendITV (for non Twitter regulars read from the bottom up)... That's the SOFA slashed then.