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Monday, 10 April 2017

Bi-modes not necessarily the answer...

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Good news for fans of electrification! This from the Sunday Times , yesterday.... "The Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOS...

Local Government elections and Purdah

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Purdah for the May local government elections starts on the 13th April. From the House of Commons Library : " The term ‘purdah’ is i...
Saturday, 8 April 2017

May a thousand plandampfs bloom!

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This from Lella Lombardi... Great news for petrolheads as Transport Minister Andrew Jones announces plans to allow motor racing on urban ...
Friday, 7 April 2017

Power PR to new First/MTR LSWR franchise

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Apparently Southern have misplaced Jane Lee, the PR of choice for third-rail networks! No matter. Eye understands that First/MTR have sn...

TfL getting a bit tetchy on Twitter...

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Good point and well made... Leave him bruv, he ain't wurff it!
Thursday, 6 April 2017

Her Majesty's Chief Railway Inspector invites DOO comments!

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This from Ian Prosser, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Railways; and director, railway safety . ORR has published the Principles for ...

First/MTR brand for South Western emerges?

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After 94 years of lobbying... pre-grouping companies are back! Back in the day of course, the livery was Dark Brown and Salmon Pink. ...
Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Railway investment strategies explained...

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This from Kaizen... Featured as the Daily Telegraph’s Fund of the Week in last Saturday's investment feature was John Laing Infrastruc...

Maynard on DfT 'effective governance' of Network Rail

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This written answer given by Paul Maynard yesterday : John Redwood (Wokingham) : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost ...

Lookalike - 'Time on their hands' edition...

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This from the Yorkshire Post ... " Engineering services group Renew Holdings said the chief executive of transport group Go-Ahead has...
Monday, 3 April 2017

Southern drivers say 'No' to ASLEF - Again

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This from ASLEF ... ASLEF drivers have rejected a proposed resolution to the long-running dispute with Southern Rail. The following question...

Greater Anglia shows off new train designs

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Greater Anglia has posted images of its new Stadler and Bombardier trains. The new 'Flirt' trains will " operate on InterC...
Saturday, 1 April 2017

Exclusive: ECML tunnels to be opened by Private Sector

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Private sector to break Welwyn bottleneck Eye understands that Treasury is close to signing a significant deal on ECML capacity enhancemen...
Friday, 31 March 2017

Track renewals to be further hit in CP5?

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The Independent has published a piece that will further fuel concerns in the infrastructure supply chain. It quotes the following from an ...

Lookalike - 'Days of future past' edition

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RDG unveils radical plan for Lincolnshire services

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People of Immingham - rejoice! Those nice people at the RDG have promised you a significant uplift in services. According to the FT toda...

Roscos and RMT make unlikely bedfellows

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This from the Brothers! Anyone care to tell RMT the difference between classes 707 and 458?
Thursday, 30 March 2017

Silence of lambs as South Western fleets displaced

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This from from Daddy Warbucks... First MTR seem intriguingly reticent about the collateral damage from their new train bonanza for the Sou...

RIA ups its lobbying game

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New Railway Industry Association CEO Darren Caplan is making his mark. According to both Railnews and Railway Gazette International RIA ...

A couple of good causes for your attention...

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If you have a spare minute or two? Wolmar has asked that you consider signing this petition to have the provision of on-train defibrill...
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