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Wednesday, 22 November 2017

NIC knacks Railfreight

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Oh dear!  What are we to make of this, from the increasingly excitable twitter feed of Admiral Scrumptious? 15 mins late into Liverpo...

RDG - feeling the Maynard love

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This written answer from Rail Minister Paul Maynard … Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what ass...

VTEC - Master of the Interwebs

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This from Rob Roy… Good to see that VT East Coast has their finger on the pulse in this information age. One would have thought that someone...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Shaken and stirred - Murdoch to head NR Comms

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A big Eye welcome to Caroline Murdoch, NR's Group Communications Director designate. Caroline steps into the shoes vacated by Barney W...

Extension of Young Person's Railcard - A nation speaks!

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Today the government announced that the YP's railcard would be extended to 26 - 30 year olds. . @Conservatives have set out plans ...
Monday, 20 November 2017

Rugby club gets new boots

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This from the Archer… I thought BMRFC members might like to see what the Mids Div would be sporting on the field this season ( Is there an...

Pointless signs - Shoeburyness

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This from Strawbrick… This beauty is to be found at Shoeburyness Station car park Utterly pointless!

Eurotunnel car crash rebrand

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This tosh from Eurotunnel … Groupe Eurotunnel has today changed its name to Getlink. This new name, reflecting the dynamism of connection an...
Tuesday, 14 November 2017

TSC to look at Mobility as a Service

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This from the Transport Select Committee… Committee to explore transformative potential of ‘Mobility as a Service’ Mobility as a Service...
Monday, 13 November 2017

Shaken and Stirred: Chaudhry-van der Velde MD West Midlands

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This from Abellio/Mitsui... Merseyrail’s Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde appointed Managing Director of West Midlands Trains Merseyrail Deputy MD...

TSC Inquiry into Rail Infrastructure

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This from the Transport Select Committee ... The process for deciding the funding and outputs of Network Rail for the control period 2019-20...

Bigland made an honest man!

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Many congratulations to railway snapper Paul Bigland and ACoRP fixer Dawn Wolrich. Paul and Dawn tied the knot on Saturday with friends an...

Remembrance at Derby station

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Friday saw an act of Remembrance at Derby station. Led by Railway Mission Chaplain Ralph Coleman, the short service saw wreaths laid by EM...
Friday, 10 November 2017

Railway Pride Restored - Hampton Court

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Regular Eye readers may recall these sorry images from Hampton Court station. But what's this? Railway Pride is being restore...
Thursday, 9 November 2017

Unusual coupling caused Azuma issue - Official

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Oh dear! This twaddle from Beardie Rail on the East Coast. " It's like a a train and a lazer made a baby while on holiday i...
Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Railway Pride - Manningtree Co-op

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This from a Mr T… While at the Post Office in my local Co-op in Manningtree, I happened upon a few Network Rail A4 Lever Arch files dumped...
Monday, 6 November 2017

Grauniad rivals GTR for up to date information

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Good news for fans of the bleedin' obvious! This from the Grauniad : Britain’s biggest rail franchise, which includes the strike-hit...

DOO - the long view

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This from an Eye reader with a long memory… As those who read RSSB reports may recall - there is a view that "on platform" camer...

DfT consults on Community Rail

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The DfT has issued a consultation document on Community Rail. This follows a passionate speech by Pete Wilkinson last month, in favour of ...
Thursday, 2 November 2017

Chiltern re-brand

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Suffice to say it has not been universally welcomed...   🤔🤔🤔 caps? No caps? Someone couldn’t decide! pic.twitter.com/YiyeQBlRQC — J...
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