Monday, 8 April 2013
Baroness Thatcher RIP
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Farewell Iron Lady from the iro n road ! Over the last fifty years the Tory Party has had little to shout about where the railways are ...
East Coast not broken, why fix?
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The Fact Compiler's latest column in Passenger Transport published on the 29th March... The next edition of Passenger Transp...
Pointless signs - Reading
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This from John Brinicombe Lee... Although this sign is technically correct the access maybe a little tricky.
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Leveson, Regulation, Exemplary Damages & the Railway Press
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One for Messrs Jackson, Briginshaw, Abbott, Preston, Harris (both), Pigott, Jack, Abell, Dun n, Jones, Milne, etc... to mull over. With a ...
Thameslink fleet - latest deadline passed
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Good news for fans of Wh itehall rolling stock procurement! This from yesterday's Derby Telegraph ... In an interview with the Derby...
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Pointless signs - York bins
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This from Northern Spirit... Nope. No bins here!
RDG seeks Associate Members... please?
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This from Graham Smith, Director General of the Rail Delivery Group ... “The Rail Delivery Group is pleased to invite companies and organ...
Ou est la TOPS
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Dontcha just love the Frenchies! This from Lloyds Loading List ... French rail freight operator Fret SNCF is offering staff a reward if they...
Rocking Norman deeply confused - Official
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Wise words from Norman Baker in today's Metro ... The railways would have been better off in state hands than under the regime introduc...
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
A good civil servant, sex, trains and the Railway Gazette
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Dear Occupants of Great Minster House. This from Wales Online ... A civil servant in Whitehall was almost jailed in the 1970s for saving...
Pointless signs - Northern 158
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This from Weiss Beer... So, when Easter Sunday's 20.11 XC Leeds to Birmingham was caped on arrival due to lack of staff, and the 20.3...
Silver Stump Watch - Liverpool Lime Street
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This from the Depot Master... And these are after a rise of 30+ steps.
Silver Stump Watch - Glasgow Central
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This from National Carp Parkes... Attached are two photos for Silver Stump Watch. At neither location could a vehicle ram into the statio...
Pointless signs - EMT Meridian
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This from the Inglis Patient... Spotted this above the luggage rack of an EMT Meridian. Baggage Class?
Monday, 1 April 2013
Heritage Railways: A step too far!
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Really! How dare East Midlands Trains!! How very, very dare they!!! This from the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway ... Iris the Railcar receives...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
ORR narrative overlooks the positive...
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This from Orrville... Good news from the Office of Rail Regulation! The department within ORR tasked with man marking Passenger Focus, and ...
Reports of DOR's demise exaggerated?
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This from Our Man at 222 Marylebone Road... DfT has once again warned the thinly capitalised equity profiteers not to mess with Clare ...
New Franchising Policy - McLoughlin speaks!
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Some comforting words on the future of the industry from the So S in no less a place than Conservative Home ! " The passage of time ...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
New Franchising Policy - Just fancy that!
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This joyous news via the Daily Telegraph ... Four of Britain’s major train operators have dropped a lawsuit against the Government to recov...
Simon Godfrey RIP
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Eye was deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of Simon Godfrey, Customer Communications Manager at Northern Rail last Tuesday (19 Mar...
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