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Friday, 7 June 2013

What's 'hundreds of millions of pounds' between friends?

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Good to see partnership is alive and well on the LNW Route! Apparently Beardie Rail is threatening to take NR to court over poor performan...

A threat to the NRM - time for an industry response?

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"A nation that forgets its past has no future." Wise words from Winston Churchill! So what are we to make of threats to the Na...
Thursday, 6 June 2013

National Express in vote rigging shocker!

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This from NatEx owned C2C... National Express train company c2c is backing Leanne Jarvis, daughter of train driver Dave, in the live final...

Harnessing the power of new media and the web

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They're a cheeky lot in Derby! This from RVEL - a nice little video package about a visit from Patrick McLoughlin on Monday. Whilst ...

New Rail Supply Chain Forum!

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This from George Ramshaw Curry... Given that one remit of the new and exciting DfT and BIS backed 'Rail Supply Chain Forum' is to: ...

Pointless signs - Victoria

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This with a bowler tip to @sinminkles via twitter... QR Codes - a solution in search of a problem?

Why uniform standards need to be standard...

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The Fact Compiler's latest column in Passenger Transport published on the 24th May... The next edition of Passenger Transpor...
Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Highland Main Line 150 - properly celebrated!

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This from Anon... As the Highland Main Line celebrates its 150th anniversary, I thought Eye readers might enjoy this image of three dubiou...

Pointless signs - Maidenhead

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Tuesday, 4 June 2013

A picture of competence...

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This from Payroll No 1144... I note with interest that the Soi Disant Veteran Observer has posted a new photo of himself on linked-in today...

Railway Garden Competition - Tunbridge Wells

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This from Cardinal Allen... Is Kent Route trialing an Eco-wall?

A message to Odgers from the Railway

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Dear Odgers Thank you for all your calls today asking us to help Network Rail find a successor to Graham Eccles. Yes, he or she should b...

Silver Fox to TXM Group!

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Eye understands that the Silver Fox is abandoning Network Rail! Graham Eccles, for it is he, has apparently decided to take up the role of...
Monday, 3 June 2013

The Bilderberg Group meets at The Grove!

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Good news for fans of secretive and exclusive societies! According to the Daily Telegraph :  The annual gathering of royalty, statesmen ...
Friday, 31 May 2013

London Bridge to Aberystwyth? Sort of...

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Good to see that all this modernisation malarkey doesn't necessarily mean that our history gets scrapped. This from the Beeb ...   P...

Somnambulism aboard the Civil Service Express

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This from Battersea Bertie... The 87 bus that runs from Westminster to SW London is not called the "civil service express" for n...

NRMM - bypass Whitehall, head to Bruxelles!

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This from Sue La Manche... Ne pas jeter le bébé avec l'eau du bain! As the rhetoric over our relationship with Europe grow ever loude...
Thursday, 30 May 2013

EMT Automated Comedy Gold

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This from Derby Anoraknophobic... Those boarding the 06:04 to St Pancras at Derby this morning were greeted by an announcement asking all pa...
Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Maria the Eagle blusters on bonuses

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Another belly flop from Maria the Eagle... Labour's beleaguered Transport shadow opined... “Commuters facing inflation-busting far...
Tuesday, 28 May 2013

TPE introduces PEDs!

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Exciting news for fans of Platform Edge Doors! (shurely Platform Edge Designs? Ed) This from 'Northern Spirit'...  Obviously th...
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