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Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Hammond Eggs - On Open Access

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Time for an exciting new Eye feature! Hammond Eggs records the searing insights of the latest member of the ministerial transport team to ...
Monday, 14 October 2013

ATOC and RDG ushers in new era of transparency

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Good news for fans of greater RDG and ATOC integration. Word reaches Eye that tomorrow's RDG meeting is likely to see closer co-operat...

Global capitalism explained - why new trains may cape Euro referendum

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It will come as no surprise to regular readers of Eye that Hitachi have been lobbying HMG over relations with the EU. In July Eye noted t...
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...
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