Monday, 15 July 2013

ORR formalises blinkered view of industry

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Good news for fans of an holistic understanding of the railway! This from the ORR's Long-Term Regulatory Statement , published today... ...

Cross-hatch madness - a mea culpa!

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The Fact Compiler's latest column in Passenger Transport published on the 5th July...   The next edition of Passenger Tra...
Thursday, 11 July 2013

How we have changed, for the better?

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This from Digital Spy ... "One viewer complained that the 1970 movie starring Call the Midwife's Jenny Agutter may lead to childre...
Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Pointless signs - East Coast media dinner

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East Coast resurrects fine dining

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This from the late Sir Peter Parker... I am delighted to hear that the state owned passenger train operator will be unveiling their plans fo...

McLoughlin makes extra-ordinary confession!

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Good news for fans of Openness and Transparency! At last night's ATOC sponsored wake for franchising Patrick McLoughlin made the foll...

Railway Garden Competition - Marple

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Railway Garden Competition - King's Cross

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This from Fen Boy... This was the scene at the shiny new King's Cross station yesterday morning at 08.10.
Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Railway Garden Competition - Barbican

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This from Old McDonald... Good news for fans of Mayor BoJo's Urban Greenway plans. The first stage appears to be coming on well!
Monday, 8 July 2013

Benefits of the Deep Alliance explained...

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This from ITV ...    In an article posted on the company's website, South West Trains explained why the heat was affecting their servi...

ORR makes overnight saving on access dispute process!

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Good news for fans of Independent Economic Regulation! This charming picture appeared in Thursday's Blackpool Gazette ... And it ...

Hatfield Stainforth reopens!

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This morning's 02:52 from Guide Bridge was the first commercial service to use the reinstated route.   Here a couple of pictures taken...

Railway Garden Competition - Lewes

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DfT vanity project to strip East Coast assets?

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With rumours rife that Mr Kipling has succeeded in foisting even more Ninky Nonk trains onto the new East Coast franchise, what now for the...
Friday, 5 July 2013

Pointless signs - Lichfield Trent Valley

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Railway Garden Competition - York

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Reading offers railway's most pointless seat?

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This from the late Professor Sir Misha Black... Emboldened by your contributor’s picture of a pointless clock (or clocks) at Kidsgrove, I at...

East Coast tops greyhounds league

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This from the late Sir Nigel Gresley... In the week that we celebrate the setting of the world speed record for steam by my locomotive Malla...

Pointless signs - Kidsgrove

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This from the Manxman... In this instance more a case of pointless clocks! Two time zones on display at Kidsgrove station, depending on ...

Siemens out of Crossrail running

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This from Siemens... Crossrail rolling stock procurement   Siemens confirms that it will not be proceeding further in the Crossrail rollin...