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Monday, 27 March 2017

Lookalike: 'What a lovely day' edition

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First & MTR take South Western

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This from the DfT , in what is a remarkably scrappy press release... "And today (27 March 2017) we can announce that First  MTR  So...
Wednesday, 22 March 2017

HS2 and UCR 2016

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Not a good week for HS2. The Guido Fawkes website is running a number of articles on the project; suggesting that a crisis board meeting ...
Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Brothers field nag in The National

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This from The Liverpool Echo ... " Merseyrail will be hit by a 24 hour strike on April 8 - the day of the Grand National. " Me...

World Poetry Day - Adelstrop

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So today is World Poetry Day... Not that you ever need an excuse to hear this.

Beardie Rail (East) plays trains

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This from  Virgin Trains East Coast ... "Four trains spanning four generations will travel side by side, in the same direction, along t...

NR sources 96% of steel rails from UK

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Some nice NR infographics appearing on Twitter... Let's hope tax-payer funded HS2 will match NR's commitment to UK industry?
Monday, 20 March 2017

BRoR: First national TV ad campaign for 20 years

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Coming to a Devil's Lantern near you... Due to run for 'more than three weeks' on TV and at cinemas; and will be supported ...

Industry simplification - Supply and Deliver!

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Eye exclusive: Inside the office of the RDG CEO! An Aldersgate mole has supplied extraordinary footage of recent high level discussions be...

Super Inquiry into Air Quality announced

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This from the Transport Select Committee : "MP’s from four select committees have combined forces to launch an unprecedented joint...
Saturday, 18 March 2017

Lookalike - 'Dr Lazarus' edition

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By Grabthar's hammer, by the Suns of Warvan... ...shippers, passengers and Treasury shall be assuaged!

VTEC ups its game on Accessibility

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That's the way to do it! Although asking whether people might 'need this' appears a little superfluous? On a two hour jou...

A song for Thursday?

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Just going to leave this here. But who knows?

Lookalike - 'Careful what you wish for' edition

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Eye is always keen to respond to reader requests! How's that working for you Alfred?

Wheel flat fails first Okehampton to London train

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Oh Dear! This from CornwallLive : " An historic train journey which was supposed the first train to run direct from Okehampton to L...
Friday, 17 March 2017

There have been requests...

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On St Patrick's Day, a reminder to Whitehall. You're wasting your time!
Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Welcome back

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The Fact Compiler is on his hols! Normal vitriol may be resumed, shortly...
Thursday, 10 April 2014

Can Eye not make this clearer?

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With thanks to to the many colleagues who have asked: "What has happened to Eye?" We are between diagrams. Keep safe.
Sunday, 23 March 2014

An end to Asymetric Warfare?

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This from the Derbyshire Mafia... And this from no less a person than the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport!  ...
Saturday, 15 March 2014

Bob Crow RIP

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The Fact Compiler was resting when the sad news of Bob Crow's death was announced. Bob was a straight dealing man and had an indefatig...
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