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20th Apr (1789)

Opening of Sapperton Canal Tunnel

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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Services between London Paddington and Bristol the weekend of 6th & 7th Nov 2010	XPT	13	7590	November 06, 2010, 22:33:27 by XPT
'Poor Rail Conditions'	tomL	7	7622	July 09, 2015, 10:33:39 by OxfordNick
Gas explosion near Bristol Temple Meads - 7 January 2010	matt_splatt	9	7638	January 12, 2010, 22:22:14 by Chris from Nailsea
'Railway death mother had felt suicidal' - South Marston, 16 December 2011	Chris from Nailsea	2	7644	September 07, 2014, 01:04:16 by Chris from Nailsea
Swindon's Mechanics' Institute saga drags on	bobm	8	7808	August 28, 2019, 04:04:16 by grahame
Negative press - trade off, engineering v improvements brought	grahame	11	7883	March 07, 2015, 16:05:41 by Red Squirrel
Problems on 18:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington 25 Mar 17	bobm	5	7943	March 26, 2017, 16:20:38 by TaplowGreen
Some ticketing advice :-) « 1 2 »	johoare	19	8260	January 09, 2011, 01:35:27 by JayMac
Lineside Fires at Wootton Bassett - 21 Apr 15	bobm	7	8303	April 22, 2015, 09:13:09 by eightf48544
No big trains to the little trains.	grahame	3	8371	March 08, 2021, 22:49:43 by bobm
Swindon Station car park - Getting a space	hoover50	6	8384	August 15, 2012, 08:13:14 by JayMac
Bridge to replace infamous underpass at Swindon	patch38	6	8401	January 15, 2015, 06:06:19 by grahame
Bristol - London improvements	bradshaw	12	8454	February 07, 2018, 20:03:21 by IndustryInsider
First Great Western train driver boards wrong train at Banbury « 1 2 »	Oxman	15	8464	July 30, 2018, 21:16:27 by grahame
MP calls for cut in first class	grahame	7	8620	March 06, 2013, 18:25:08 by thetrout
Journey times between London and Bristol were shorter 20/30 years ago!	XPT	8	8634	October 15, 2009, 21:26:13 by stebbo
Adelante On London-Bristol Services? (20/04/2008) « 1 2 »	Lee	21	8699	April 25, 2008, 18:50:23 by Btline
Electrification Through Bath	Oberon	9	9459	August 02, 2015, 20:38:31 by Chris from Nailsea
FGW Reply To Third Rate Western Keynsham HST Query « 1 2 »	Lee	22	9535	February 02, 2008, 21:58:26 by devon_metro
Where was I yesterday?	grahame	8	9740	July 23, 2015, 11:24:08 by Rhydgaled