This from Aslef ...   Scots derailment: Union calls for action Mick Whelan, ASLEF’s general secretary, today called for rail safety modules...

Good news indeed from ATOC ...   Buy your rail ticket on the move with National Rail Enquiries It is now even easier for passengers to buy...

This from the Sleeper...   Nice of NRE to tell me that the 15:38  to Norwich is running 5 minutes late...two weeks after it hap...

A busy weekend of people news. According to Passenger Transport magazine, Elaine Holt , has left the National Express bid team after les...

Readers may have thought Eye's latest survey on IEP diagrammed vehicle costs was a little tongue in cheek. Sadly not, according to the...

Exciting news on Ministers' determination to get value for money from franchises! Eye understands that the latest model, a five poi...

This from Siemens... THAMESLINK ROLLING STOCK PROJECT UPDATE Steve Scrimshaw, Managing Director of Siemens Rail, today commented: “The Thame...

This from the Transport Select Committee ... ORAL EVIDENCE – WEST COAST MAIN LINE FRANCHISE   The Transport Select Committee will call t...

Now that the DfT is officially broken... Who will be sent in to fix it? Anyone have an answer?   (Apart from FCP and DOR obviously. Ed...

This from the Rail Freight Group... Consultation launched over reform of rail freight property Commenting on the Network Rail / DB Schenker ...

This from yesterday's interim Laidlaw report ... And this from Eye favourite Petrol-head Hammond on 19 May 2011 ... Amongst othe...

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...