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Friday, 4 January 2013

January - a time to look forward, not back!

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So. The Transport Select Committee has opined on the future of the railway. Please read our Legislators' thoughts - Here . Meanwhile we ...
Thursday, 3 January 2013

Durham celebrates first Railway Garden of 2013!

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This from the Long Reach of the Law... Is it too late for an entry to the festive railway garden competition? Certainly not. Wish...

So just how expensive are UK rail fares?

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This from The Man in Seat 61... So the next time someone says (or you read) "Britain has the highest rail fares in Europe", yo...

Pointless signs - York

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This from The Cynic... In the spirit of the January sales, East Coast is offering ‘two pointless signs for the price of one’ on platform...
Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Eye identifies first saving of New Year!

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In the spirit of the Age of Austerity, Eye is delighted to identify the first significant cost saving of 2013. Ithuriel reports that on th...
Thursday, 27 December 2012

A belated Merry Christmas to all readers...

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This is Catho Style... Christus natus hodie!
Friday, 21 December 2012

Christmas Quiz - Question 94

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The Man by the Photocopier writes... A curious release has just appeared from DafT’s Office of Seasonal Tales . This purports to be governm...

Fact Compiler outed as ladies man - Shocker

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Eye's latest column in Passenger Transport , published on 14th December refers... The next edition of Passenger Transport will be p...
Thursday, 20 December 2012

LM shoddy service rewarded by franchise extension

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Good to see that DfT is clamping down on poorly performing franchises. Concealed amongst the self congratulatory press release from Stormin...

Attention bid teams - The Deerstalker Express!

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A little festive cheer for colleagues currently twiddling their thumbs in bid teams. This from Transport Scotland (396563-2012)... Transport...

Haines joins Eversholt as Non-Exec

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This from Eversholt... Eversholt Rail appoints Non-Executive Director Eversholt Rail is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Hain...

Right Time Railway!

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Apologies, long... This made when even Norm' was in his nappies. Right time, means right time!
Wednesday, 19 December 2012

A 'right time' DfT? Eye thinks not.

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This from Rose Hill... I have been delighted to see that Stormin' Norman and DfT are taking such a keen interest in performance. They, q...

Laidlaw - Now we can all count the costs

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This from Third Degree Burns... "The costs of the Laidlaw Inquiry are yet to be finalised as not all of the invoices have been rec...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Laidlaw tells it like it is!

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This via the Birmingham Post ... Mr Laidlaw criticised the fact that the bidding was mainly conducted by a relatively junior DfT tea...

ECML - It's a wash out!

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This from JD Bitterspoon... Rumour has it that DOR is branching out into a range of new sanitary ware.     With the timetable ...
Monday, 17 December 2012

Odd things happening in the Shire...

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Possibly the best Christmas card, ever! Or possibly not... Pass the mind bleach.

Uncle Merv's Christmas Quiz...

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Time for an exciting new Eye feature - Uncle Merv's Christmas Quiz! Using your skill and judgement can you explain why there is a shed...

Pointless signs - Nottingham

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Benefits of Nationalisation explained...

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This from Ferrero Rocher... Good to see nationalised East Coast knows what is, and what is not, appropriate reading for its passengers. ...
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