Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Armitt to National Express
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This from Sky News ... The former head of Network Rail, Sir John Armitt, is to become the new chairman of National Express, the bus and ra...
Ticket simplification explained
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This seen at St Pancras, with a bowler tip to @13milepost ... What could be simpler?
Will legal action delay Laidlaw report?
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This from the Daily Telegraph ... Kate Mingay, one of the three civil servants suspended over the West Coast rail bid fiasco, has filed lega...
Pointless signs - St Pancras
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Good to see that n anny is alive and well at St Pancras... Do we really need to treat passengers as if they are idiots?
Floodballs - Rail Freight to the rescue
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This from the Oxford Mail's flooding update page... Really?
Monday, 26 November 2012
Brown Review - update
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Interesting. Sources suggesting that Richard Brown was appointed directly by Patrick McLoughlin rather than being selected by Marsham Stre...
Friday, 23 November 2012
Eye goes soft in Dead Tree Media - Shocker
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A surprising encomium in the latest contribution to Passenger Transport published on the 16th November... The next edition of Passenge...
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Directive 91/440/EEC - Just fancy that!
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This from Reuters ... The European Union's Transport Commissioner wants rail companies to separate their passenger and freight train b...
First for the new Third Class
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This from Rover... Charging a first class fare for standing or squatting in the vestibule? Every penny counts! UPDATE: This from Chio...
Britain's Best Bridge Bashes - Bustitution
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This from BB... This is my particular favourite! Note the destination blind...
Pointless signs - Essex Road
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Monday, 19 November 2012
The Case of the Silent Committee
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Telegrammed by 221b Baker Street Mornin' Holmes. Good morning, Watson. I observe you have been reading Mr Samuel Laidlaw's initia...
Friday, 16 November 2012
DfT: An apology!
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Over recent years Eye may have given readers the erroneous impression that officials hadn't a clue about rolling stock procurement. He...
Pointless signs - Newport
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This from Chef Ellwood... This sign recently went up at the entrance to Newport station. A classic statement of the bleedin' obvious...
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Whitehall unveils new interwebby
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This from Henry Trumpet... A big welcome to Whitehall's brand spanking new interwebby - just gone live today! A single Whitehall we...
Britain's Best Bridge Bashes - from the archives
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These from Prester John... These are my favourite, because of the advertising on buses...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Blogging hack succumbs to Dead Tree Media
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The Fact Compiler is now writing a regular comment piece for Passenger Transport . Here the article that appeared in the 31st October issu...
Britain's Best Bridge Bashes - New Feature!
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Time for an exciting new Eye feature - Britain's Best Bridge Bashes! These pictures taken today at Ely... Should h...
Lookalike - Erastian Railway edition
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Has the DfT taken job sharing too far? Eye thinks we should be told!
ORR - Two for the Price of errr.. Two!
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This from the Office of Rail Regulation ... ORR appoints Alan Price as Director of Railway Performance The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR...
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