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Friday, 6 December 2013

NR nationalised - almost...

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This from the Office for Budget Responsibility - Economic and fiscal outlook, Box 4.2, page 98 ... the classification of Network Rail: Net...

Great Western Railway Band at Paddington

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This via @NetworkRailPad ... The Great Western Railway Band performs at Paddington Station every Friday between Easter and Christmas. The...
Thursday, 5 December 2013

ORR fixes railway's finances in a stroke!

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Good news for fans of the bleedin' obvious! This searing insight from an ORR press release issued today: Richard Price, Chief Execut...

DfT - a lesson in being careful what you wish for

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This from Ithuriel...   The Invitations to Tender for the new replacement franchises, sees bidders get brownie points for quality improveme...

Autumn statement on Fares

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This from the Chancellor's Autumn Statement : Rail Fares 1.272 To help households with living costs the government will further cap th...
Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Argos - kettle alert

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This via @13milepost ... Dual Fuel? Converted to run on surplus catalogues ? Who knew?

Eurostar sale - another test for 'risk transfer'

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So. Government intends to sell its 40% stake in Eurostar.   Danny Alexander said the following on BBC Radio 4's Today programme this m...
Tuesday, 3 December 2013

King's Cross - NR sinks to new depths

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This courtesy of Wolmayor... What is wrong with the perfectly good English word 'lift'? Eh, Network Railroad? UPDATE: Thi...

A voice crying in the wilderness?

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The Fact Compiler's latest impression of a broken record was published in Passenger Transport on the 22nd November... The ne...
Monday, 2 December 2013

Mediaballs - Grauniad on Dave's China jolly

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This from the Gruaniad... China wants involvement in Britain's first high-speed rail line and an increased role in civil nuclear powe...

Pointless signs - Woking

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This from Henry Hassocks... One hopes its convalescence was properly completed before returning to duty…
Saturday, 30 November 2013

All bets are ons for a unified railway

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The Department for Transport, a clarification... Regular readers may have gained the impression that Railway Eye has less than the very high...
Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Hammond Eggs - I've got a little secret

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As Leonard Cohen used to sing: I've got a little secret! A tune evidently close to the heart of Eye favourite Stephen 'Gone-native...
Tuesday, 26 November 2013

IEA's Wellings boots commuters off seats

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The friend of railway users across the nation has offered its latest wheeze to delight regular travellers. Not content with providing spur...
Monday, 25 November 2013

HS2 opponents converted... possibly

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Good news for fans of the new North - South Railway. Today's small demonstration in Parliament Square against the vital project even w...

Churchill and HS2 - a lesson in brevity

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So. The Government has published the HS2 Bill for phase 1 of the new North - South Railway. According to the National Farmers Union ... ...

Pointless signs - EMT cl153

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This apparently from Barrett Homes... Noted on an East Midlands Trains Class 153 Sandbox Lid at Lincoln earlier this year.  Why woul...

Siemens confirms Deutschland über alles!

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This from Siemens... In an email headed: Change of location for Siemens plc's Rail Systems Division from Westminster to Euston , we di...

Scotrail on making an impression

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This from Flora McDonald...   From the ScotRail draft ITT: "The train should contain appropriate tourist information, in an ambience t...
Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Mediaballs - Metro on Chester

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This from the Metro , referring to the buffer shunt at Chester today ... The 10.10am service from London Euston completely failed to stop ...
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