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Thursday, 24 August 2017

Pointless sign - Kings Cross

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This from a Mr Greg Tingey... Perhaps not an entirely pointless sign. Although the branding harks back to an event that took place five ...

Best railway tweet, ever!

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And the prize goes to - Greater Anglia! Eagle-eyed drivers spotted a snake under a train at Southend Victoria station yesterday. The sna...

Pointless signs - St Erth

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This from Harry the Voice... Pictured at St Erth today. Hmmm... 'regularly patrol', although on an infrequent basis? Pe...
Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Labour proposes gender segregation on rail

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Good news for fans of Chris Williamson MP (Sid and Doris Gricer). The Shadow Home Office minister has suggested a return to Ladies Only c...
Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Osborne undermines his own case for enhancements

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So, George Osborne is on manoeuvres, again. The former Chancellor, and now free sheet editor, made the case for Northern Powerhouse Rail i...
Monday, 21 August 2017

SWT - the brand that refused to die!

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Top tweeting here from the new incumbents of the SWT franchise ... But what is that cheeky logo on the bottom left of the message? ...

Paddington - an expert speaks!

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This via Twitter... No need for an @raibgovuk investigation to establish the cause here! pic.twitter.com/JnciPWI28L — Michael Holden (@...

RMT reaffirms commitment to work with minorities

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This from The Brothers ... Union calls on new Chinese operator to honour commitment to South West Trains passengers to keep guard “legends...
Friday, 18 August 2017

The Case of the Green Aspect

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The scene: A room at 221b Baker Street... I say Holmes dashed bad luck about Tuesday’s early morning derailment in the middle of the Water...
Tuesday, 8 August 2017

Shaken and stirred: New South Western directors

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This from First/MTR ... FirstGroup unveiled the senior management team for the new South Western train operating company today, ahead of t...
Monday, 7 August 2017

NR slaps down the Daily Star over #Fakenews

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Nice use of social media by Network Rail today. This from the Daily Star this morning... Waterloo travel news: 'Nightmare' this...
Friday, 4 August 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Liverpool Lime Street

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This from a slightly off route Solent&Wessex... I've always liked the annual hanging gardens display on the approaches to Liverpoo...
Wednesday, 2 August 2017

RSSB goes all Virtual Reality

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What sort of fresh hell is this? RSSB's 2017/18 Business Plan eschews old fashioned nonsense like photographs for vibrant avatar styl...

Railway Garden Competition - Sapperton Tunnel

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This from The Duke... The p-way near Sapperton Tunnel on the Swindon Gloucester line. Surely GWEP hasn't sucked all the money...

Exciting news ahead of BTP merger into Police Scotland

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This from The Scotsman ... Officers have begun leaving the British Transport Police ahead of its controversial integration into Police Scot...
Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Nicky Morgan shoots two ministers!

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Interesting fact! Nicky Morgan was tasked by the last Government with assembling views from East Midlands MPs on the new EMT franchise. ...

Rail minister races to reassure the Supply Chain!

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Good to see that the art of the non-answer is alive and kicking in the Department for Transport. Or so it seems judging from this clutch o...

Hayes stands up to be counted

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This from the Catholic Herald ! John Hayes, who is Minister of State at the Department of Transport, was speaking at an event organised by...

Infernal combustion at the heart of government

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So that nice Mr Gove has decided that diesel cars will be phased out by 2040. Meanwhile that nice Mr Grayling has decided to 'phase ou...
Monday, 24 July 2017

Railway Garden Competition - Wimbledon

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This from a Mr Greg Tingey... Tastefully placed between the NR & LU tracks.
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