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Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Pointless signs - Ffairfach

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This from Bobby Mc... Only one of the three signs at this station on the Heart of Wales line is readable at anything other than myopic...

Pointless signs - Berkhamstead

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Monday, 7 January 2013

TSC confirms foresight wonderous thing

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This from a Mr Lergy Fee... My delight at reading the Rail 2020 report was tempered by their inability to get the publication year right...

Transport missing from Mid-Term Review

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The only interesting thing in a very dull document was the complete omission of transport as a heading. In happier news it allowed CamCleg...

Sheriff rides into town to sort DfT comms

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This from PR Week ...   David Cameron's deputy official spokeswoman Vickie Sheriff is to become director of group comms at the Departme...

Mystic Eye exposed in Dead Tree Media!

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In the latest issue of Passenger Transport , published on the 4th January, the Fact Compiler consults his crystal ball... The next edi...

ASLEF behind the curve?

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This from a Mr Anthony Kilometer... As the new year starts no doubt ASLEF members will be consulting their union's website to see when ...

Lookalike - 'Poop poop!' edition

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Telegraph story here ...
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!
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