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On this day
3rd May (1954)

Lochluichart new station opens (link)

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Driver-only operation « 1 2 ... 9 10 »	inspector_blakey	137	40352	January 29, 2009, 21:32:21 by Chris from Nailsea
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Most Wanted Improvements « 1 2 ... 8 9 »	Lee	131	29464	June 18, 2009, 19:48:35 by 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01
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GWR IET diagrams. « 1 2 ... 8 9 »	JayMac	125	48475	June 23, 2018, 09:19:40 by CMRail
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Disruption on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 December 2013 « 1 2 ... 8 9 »	insider	121	41287	December 27, 2013, 17:54:37 by TaplowGreen
Great Western franchise to be broken up? « 1 2 ... 8 9 »	woody	121	35951	December 04, 2017, 17:12:36 by Electric train
SDO............why the discrepancies « 1 2 ... 8 9 »	Mookiemoo	120	33678	March 11, 2008, 19:59:56 by miniman
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Bicycles on trains (merged topics) « 1 2 ... 7 8 »	matth1j	115	31192	April 29, 2011, 09:28:14 by Kingfisherdart
BITE card - discount card for use at railway station outlets « 1 2 ... 7 8 »	matt473	114	54222	November 11, 2018, 22:07:35 by Surrey 455
National Rail strikes « 1 2 ... 7 8 »	Chris from Nailsea	112	25965	April 13, 2010, 09:19:09 by Tim
Vivarail chosen for fast charging trial on the Greenford branch « 1 2 ... 7 8 »	Celestial	109	14799	March 01, 2024, 06:46:30 by Electric train
Coronavirus: Great Western Railway reduced services « 1 2 ... 6 7 »	didcotdean	104	18601	August 10, 2020, 06:44:57 by CyclingSid
Electrification - so Cascade - so congestion easing - delayed. « 1 2 ... 6 7 »	grahame	104	36513	January 17, 2016, 16:04:27 by IndustryInsider

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