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Sunday, 13 October 2013

Virgin in denial over departure - Official

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According to the Sunday Times , Richard Branson has gone off-shore.  Has Beardie also taken all his webbies with him? The forlorn pictur...

Lookalike - Rail in t'North edition

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Pictured are Siemens Rail Systems' supremo Steve Scrimshaw and Nick Donovan , MD of First Transpennine. Eye defies readers to te...

Government signals end to micro-management!

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This from the Sunday Torygraph ... Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, said he was “looking into” the mix of first class and s...
Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Potato Bob: On Safety - Exciting New Eye Feature!

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Time for an exciting new Eye feature! Potato Bob speaks! This from CommercialMotor.com ... Goodwill spent many years working on his fa...

Ministerial responsibilities - the right Hammond finally gets rail!

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Is there a worse website in the world than .gov.uk? No matter.  Thank God for twitter! With a bowler tip to @wmtucker , who pointed Ey...

Higgins before TSC on 14th October

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This from the Transport Select Committee... Oral evidence SESSION – Work of Network Rail Sir David Higgins, chief executive of Network Rai...
Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Labour reshuffle - final scores on doors

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This via Labour List ... Transport Mary Creagh MP Lilian Greenwood MP Gordon Marsden MP Richard Burden MP Lord (Bryan) Davies Lord (...

Some thoughts for NR's new CEO...

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The Fact Compiler's latest column in Passenger Transport published on the 27th September... The next edition of Passenger T...
Monday, 7 October 2013

Labour reshuffle - Creagh new Shadow SoS

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A big Eye welcome to @marycreagh_mp - new Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, with a bowler tip to @LabourList and @Markfergusonuk ...

Gibb to Network Rail Board

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That didn't take long!   This from Network Rail ... ‘Lifetime railwayman’ Chris Gibb to join Network Rail as non-executive director Ne...

Conservative reshuffle - Goodwill in

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Robert Goodwill has been appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary at @transportgovuk #reshuffle — UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) Octo...

LibDem reshuffle - Baker gone. Kramer - in!

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Staunch Cleggite Jeremy Browne being replaced at Home Office by Norman Baker. Biggest shock of reshuffle so far #reshuffle — James Chapman...

Virgin reshuffles the cards!

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Virgin Trains  bosses Tony Collins and Chris Gibbs quitting Branson's firm — Gwyn Topham (@GwynTopham) October 7, 2013 Gosh! UPDAT...

Labour reshuffle - Eagle gone?

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Maria Eagle has been moved from Shadow Transport brief, details of replacement to follow. #labour #reshuffle — DeHavilland (@DeHavilland...

National Express makes best of bad job

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Good news for fans of owner groups that are shadows of their former selves... Dean Finch, Group Chief Executive, said: "We are delighte...
Saturday, 5 October 2013

FCC reminds passengers that manners do matter

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A rare plaudit for First Capital Connect! This from the Beeb ...   First Capital Connect issues passenger etiquette guide ...
Friday, 4 October 2013

Burns lighter!

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Simon Burns, transport minister stepping down to run for Dep Speaker, No.10 source tells me — Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) October 4, 2013 D...
Thursday, 3 October 2013

FGW gets extension but DfT omits the important numbers

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Good news for First Great Western! This from the Department for Transport: Franchising deal to boost services on Great Western Main Line (...
Wednesday, 2 October 2013

World's Greatest Living Transport Correspondent bests Beardie

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The results of this year's Ipsos MORI Survey of Transport Journalists have just been released. 73 hacks were polled, and amongst a wea...

Silver Stump Watch - King's Cross Square

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This from White Throat... I knew it was too good to last! The beautiful new King's Cross Square is the latest railway space to be bl...
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