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Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Hammond Eggs - Crossrail goes to the wire!

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This from the Grauniad ... "There is a process we are legally bound to follow and we will follow that process. I'm not saying th...

FGW and HEx launch Rail-fly

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This from First Great Western ... An international airline and two UK train companies are making it possible for their customers to trav...

Railway repurposing - Diss

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A nice use for the former platform light diffusers at Diss station. Good effort.
Thursday, 23 January 2014

Victoria line musings...

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This from @13milepost ... In light of this afternoon's news from the Victoria line I thought this might amuse: Must. Not. Laugh.

Network Rail 'twee' - Official!

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This from the Grauniad ... "Network Rail has invested funds into the project is a great sign for the solar industry," she said....
Wednesday, 22 January 2014

The past points towards a glorious future!

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The Fact Compiler reflects on history in the 10th January edition of Passenger Transport ...     The next edition of Passenger...

A message to the anti-HS2 brigade...

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Another appeal overturned today. Perhaps time for Buckinghamshire County Council and friends to realise that when you're in a hole it...
Friday, 17 January 2014

Yet another high profile convert to HS2!

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Fans of Wolmayor will recollect his original implacable opposition to Crossrail. Therefore, Eye is confident in saying that as night follo...

An Ozymandias moment?

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This from Leo Rubine-Redd... It looks as though time is already withering the legacy of Rail Barbie.  Apparently the famous Barbie Pink ...

NR - the temptation to tinker is irresistable...

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As ever, politics abhors a vacuum! With the Shadow Transport team adopting an almost Trappist-like silence on NR nationalisation, an erstw...

East Coast bidders announced

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This from the Department for Transport ... The shortlist of bidders that will be invited to deliver proposals for improved services for pa...
Thursday, 16 January 2014

Travers Cosgrove MC RIP

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This from the Daily Telegraph ... Travers Cosgrove , who has died aged 93, was awarded an MC in Germany in 1945; he subsequently worked...

TSC - Suggestions for future inquiries

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This from the Transport Select Committee...   Transport Committee invites ideas for future inquiries   The Transport Committee today inv...

Hammond Eggs - Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides...

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This from Leo Pink...   As these written answers show, DfT continues to play the ' nothing to do with us, Guv ' card when asked qu...
Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Road Barbie and Ken unveiled!

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This from the Highways Agency ... Elaine Holt and Tom Smith will provide valuable insight and leadership in helping the Highways Agency to m...

First... for being genuinely quite brilliant!

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This from the Sleeper... This has been installed at Huddersfield station: Felix apparently still prefers to go under the barriers - b...

Soi disant Time Lord?

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This from Leo Pink...   It looks as though the soi disant veteran observer is even more of a veteran than we first tho...

Hitachiballs: Trading standards...

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This from Howard Wade... Reacting to today’s news that the government is to build a dedicated further education college to train the next...
Monday, 13 January 2014

The Empire strikes back, sort of!

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This from Ithuriel... In an article in the Sunday Express, Stagecoach CEO, Martin Griffiths, launched his Chairmanship of the RDG ( What t...
Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Lookalike - Wind in the Wimbledon edition

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This from the Graun ... Stephen Hammond, the minister for buses and rail, who lives six miles from Westminster, used the government's...
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