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18/05/24 - BRTA Westbury
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02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber

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3rd May (2018)

~ Just one working lower quadrant distant signal left (link)

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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
HS2: For or against? « 1 2 ... 7 8 »	Btline	106	20624	September 16, 2011, 13:42:39 by mjones
A cup of tea « 1 2 »	fanara	17	20029	July 17, 2010, 14:13:44 by vacman
More North-West Electrification « 1 2 3 »	IndustryInsider	42	19637	March 08, 2015, 16:55:42 by onthecushions
Station Usage Figures for 2011/12 « 1 2 3 »	IndustryInsider	38	19191	April 08, 2013, 14:18:46 by swrural
Headcodes and train IDs: ongoing discussion. « 1 2 »	grahame	20	18897	March 03, 2013, 22:23:04 by grahame
Woman dies after cars struck by train at Moreton-on-Lugg in Herefordshire (16 January 2010) « 1 2 3 4 »	Chris from Nailsea	53	18826	April 11, 2013, 19:30:49 by grahame
Girl dies after falling between train and platform in Liverpool - 22 October 2011 « 1 2 3 »	inspector_blakey	36	18674	January 04, 2013, 00:19:37 by JayMac
Today's MAJOR failure (30/04/15) « 1 2 3 »	ChrisB	38	18653	May 02, 2015, 14:17:39 by Worcester_Passenger
McNulty Report - ticket office closures, increased fares? (merged topics) « 1 2 3 4 5 »	JayMac	65	18244	April 12, 2012, 16:40:51 by SapperPsmith
Imperial and/or metric units. Discussion on the use and teaching of « 1 2 3 4 »	JayMac	51	18155	August 21, 2014, 01:31:40 by mfpa
First Capital Connect rebranding King's Lynn station as "British Railways" « 1 2 3 4 »	Brucey	45	18073	November 20, 2014, 15:40:22 by ChrisB
60163 Tornado « 1 2 3 4 »	inspector_blakey	52	18014	September 03, 2010, 18:38:06 by JayMac
New hub airport at Upper Heyford? « 1 2 »	Btline	21	17866	January 05, 2013, 18:40:30 by BerkshireBugsy
ScotRail franchise « 1 2 3 4 »	JayMac	45	17850	October 09, 2014, 23:45:02 by John R
Track incidents at Southend and Whyteleafe « 1 2 3 4 »	JayMac	46	17629	August 19, 2014, 13:39:11 by ChrisB
More misery for commuters as station car park charges soar	Timmer	14	17307	January 22, 2011, 14:03:13 by Chris from Nailsea
Derailment near Oban - Sun 06 Jun 2010 « 1 2 3 4 »	inspector_blakey	47	16751	June 29, 2014, 18:16:47 by Chris from Nailsea
Major new electrification projects to be anounced shortly « 1 2 3 »	woody	34	16230	July 16, 2012, 21:53:25 by Richard Fairhurst
Train punctuality figures, from Network Rail « 1 2 3 4 5 »	dog box	65	16039	April 18, 2011, 18:23:30 by Chris from Nailsea
Brockenhurst level-crossing woman drives along tracks - 26 January 2012 « 1 2 3 »	Chris from Nailsea	39	15750	January 31, 2013, 10:26:44 by GBM

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