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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
MOVED: Domestic Trains start to use Waterloo International Platforms	Brucey	0	847	October 23, 2013, 19:13:10 by Brucey
MOVED: Bristol TM and Reading now Network Rail 'Managed' Stations.	Chris from Nailsea	0	847	April 02, 2014, 21:12:03 by Chris from Nailsea
Better care needed for 'vulnerable children at stations'	Chris from Nailsea	0	848	September 06, 2014, 20:14:23 by Chris from Nailsea
First Capital Connect signs 6 Month Franchise Award	bobm	0	848	February 19, 2014, 08:35:44 by bobm
Prison sentence and CRASBO for rail thieves (BTP press release, 4 December 2009)	Chris from Nailsea	0	848	December 04, 2009, 21:56:01 by Chris from Nailsea
National train performance for period 1 (1 April 2012 - 28 April 2012) is 93.3%	Chris from Nailsea	0	848	May 10, 2012, 20:56:37 by Chris from Nailsea
Stressed? Walking or cycling to work ^calms you down^ (Daily Mail 15/09/2014)	JayMac	0	848	September 15, 2014, 10:31:09 by JayMac
Runaway of an on-track machine at Bryn, near Wigan, 27 November 2014	Chris from Nailsea	0	849	December 05, 2014, 12:31:16 by Chris from Nailsea
Leicester railway station legend Eddie Isaac retires after 53 years	didcotdean	0	849	January 10, 2014, 18:17:54 by didcotdean
Passenger dragged a short distance by a train at Holborn station - 3 Feb 2014	Chris from Nailsea	0	849	October 23, 2014, 23:46:56 by Chris from Nailsea
Tube staff in strike vote rerun	Chris from Nailsea	0	850	May 07, 2009, 18:23:47 by Chris from Nailsea
Near-miss involving track workers near Hest Bank, Lancashire, 22 September 2014	Chris from Nailsea	0	850	October 24, 2014, 23:40:33 by Chris from Nailsea
For anyone with grey hair going north of the border	grahame	0	851	May 15, 2012, 17:57:19 by grahame
Duff information on the National Rail Enquiries website	Brucey	0	851	November 23, 2012, 20:51:18 by Brucey
How much hastle to book a W&S ticket....(was connection time)	Mookiemoo	0	852	December 09, 2009, 15:20:44 by Mookiemoo
Young train conductor saves life of colleague suffering heart attack at controls	Chris from Nailsea	0	852	November 12, 2013, 20:38:45 by Chris from Nailsea
MOVED: [thread title]	grahame	0	852	July 01, 2014, 18:02:09 by grahame
MOVED: Snow risk increases as Met Office upgrades severe weather warning	Chris from Nailsea	0	852	March 10, 2013, 19:24:21 by Chris from Nailsea
Call to halt station demolition at Trimley, Suffolk	Chris from Nailsea	0	852	November 19, 2009, 21:31:18 by Chris from Nailsea
Last call for the Dining Car	moonrakerz	0	852	December 04, 2009, 22:23:05 by moonrakerz