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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)

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London Midland Class 172 units « 1 2 3 »	Don	35	15444	January 14, 2011, 17:40:40 by willc
Workington Travel Difficulties « 1 2 3 4 »	Bob_Blakey	54	15432	October 08, 2010, 18:42:30 by Chris from Nailsea
Rail line hit by driver shortage. (BBC News 08/11/09) « 1 2 3 4 5 »	JayMac	60	15138	November 24, 2009, 20:53:00 by Super Guard
"The Reading Mile" - what is it? « 1 2 »	inspector_blakey	27	15060	May 03, 2011, 18:52:32 by bobm
Siemens gets Thameslink new trains order « 1 2 3 4 »	paul7575	46	14968	January 31, 2014, 12:19:08 by paul7575
New Cable Car « 1 2 3 »	eightf48544	31	13861	July 29, 2012, 21:43:56 by Chris from Nailsea
Farewell East Coast. Hello Virgin Trains East Coast. « 1 2 3 »	JayMac	32	13748	March 03, 2015, 17:39:20 by TonyK
Train hits car on level crossing in Berkshire - BBC News (06/03/2010) « 1 2 3 »	JayMac	44	13509	March 14, 2010, 19:39:40 by John R
National Rail Awards 2015 « 1 2 »	JayMac	25	13475	September 22, 2015, 19:16:28 by IndustryInsider
Three dead in level crossing collision at Halkirk, Caithness - discussion « 1 2 3 »	JayMac	39	13390	April 14, 2013, 23:32:22 by Chris from Nailsea
Govia win new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise « 1 2 »	Brucey	24	13376	November 02, 2014, 19:38:51 by TonyK
National Grid's proposals for pylons: Hinkley Point C Connection Project « 1 2 »	John R	28	13345	November 06, 2012, 18:14:09 by Chris from Nailsea
More Infill Electrification Announced « 1 2 3 »	John R	39	13320	December 21, 2013, 10:28:11 by ChrisB
Greater Britain Rail News Round-Up (08/01/2009) « 1 2 »	Lee	19	13255	January 10, 2009, 00:59:24 by Lee
Strike action - what does it actually achieve? « 1 2 »	BerkshireBugsy	27	13136	August 24, 2015, 19:35:28 by ChrisB
This looks like a landslip and a half! (Stainforth, South Yorkshire, February 2013) « 1 2 »	Phil	28	13100	August 06, 2013, 20:58:25 by SandTEngineer
Aberystwyth-London route proposed « 1 2 3 4 »	Chris from Nailsea	48	12917	March 18, 2010, 22:14:05 by John R
New National Rail Enquiries website. « 1 2 3 »	JayMac	32	12895	June 11, 2010, 22:21:42 by willc
Eighteen hurt in train and lorry crash in Suffolk - 17 August 2010 « 1 2 3 »	Chris from Nailsea	38	12874	August 16, 2011, 10:57:37 by ChrisB

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