Some scary abuse-of-power stuff here… The Private Police State Nope, it’s nothing to do with protesting in Parliament Square or marching through Westminster or taking photos of police snipers. It’s about transgressing the arbitrary social code of a bunch of third-party train ticket inspectors. I hadn’t been aware of Rail Enforcement Officers until a couple [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Public Transport'
The rise of the glorified security stooge
July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Photography, Politics, Public Transport
Tags:civil liberties·pcso·plastic plod·rail enforcement officer·reo·trains
Ah, Mr Lunatic, here are the asylum keys…
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics, Public Transport
Train firms seek longer contracts (BBC) That’d be the train firms who, despite the promise of £400m of our money over the next two years, still want to be allowed to run things their own way. The train firms who, in several cases, haven’t even been able to make it through the regular seven-year franchises [...]
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The Ghost Bus
January 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Consumer, Public Transport
Another year, another set of above-inflation railway fare increases. This has now become so predictable, I can barely bring myself to comment or even pay attention. Luckily, there’s a far more interesting symbol of our bloated, profiteering, bullshit-driven privatised transport system just around the corner… Well, on Ealing Broadway, anyway… Clean, on time and empty. [...]
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Sad day for subterranean snifters
June 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Drivel, Public Transport
Tube booze party ‘irresponsible’ … according to the RMT Union. Yes, but during the course of public drunkenness and anti-establishment revelry, was anyone stabbed, punched, robbed or molested? Nope, doesn’t look like it! [Later edit: Looks like there was some disorder, but it's hard to tell whether that's TfL applying a bit of spin to [...]
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Running as an alternative to powered transport
April 24th, 2006 · No Comments · London, Public Transport
Network Rail have an unenviable task in repairing and maintaining our rail infrastructure after years of neglect, while trying to create the minimum of disruption to the regular service. In the long run, most rail users would probably accept a few weekends of inconvenience in return for a better service in the future. Yesterday morning, [...]
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