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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Capital to Capital und electric power.	martyjon	1	7004	June 05, 2020, 14:19:19 by grahame
How can a train skip Newport?	grahame	3	4601	October 16, 2020, 09:56:33 by infoman
new road rail vehicles for severn tunnel area	infoman	2	5760	December 07, 2020, 13:37:39 by grahame
GWR Cardiff	GWR 158	3	3479	February 11, 2021, 13:36:12 by didcotdean
Two rail workers killed in collision with train, near Port Talbot - Wed 3 July 2019 « 1 2 3 4 5 »	broadgage	69	31836	February 14, 2021, 07:44:16 by Electric train
Call from GWR to invest and electrify from Cardiff to Swansea « 1 2 »	grahame	20	6312	February 23, 2021, 14:54:00 by eightf48544
Should Cardiff to Swansea be electrified? « 1 2 »	GWR 158	23	13333	April 14, 2021, 10:53:34 by grahame
Temporary arrangements - London to South Wales - May 2021	grahame	5	5367	May 15, 2021, 05:18:12 by grahame
Network Rail sells land at Old Sodbury to the Town Council	grahame	0	2213	May 27, 2021, 07:36:12 by grahame
petition to remove barriers from under Bristol Parkway bridge	infoman	5	7273	May 27, 2021, 11:19:08 by Bmblbzzz
Train v Tree - 03 Aug 21	bobm	4	3037	August 05, 2021, 12:42:41 by grahame
What route would it take?	GWR 158	6	9939	August 09, 2021, 18:51:12 by Sulis John
Collision between train and engineering trolley at Challow, 21st October 2021	JayMac	0	3777	November 19, 2021, 20:52:04 by JayMac
Is the current London-South Wales timetable peculiarly inefficient?	jamestheredengine	8	3814	December 20, 2021, 10:55:46 by grahame
Paddington to Swansea via Avonmouth	Mark A	0	1981	December 23, 2021, 21:00:36 by Mark A
IETs at Patchway (diversions)	alan_s	1	2148	January 16, 2022, 11:04:45 by IndustryInsider
Yesterday's News?	grahame	2	2699	February 02, 2022, 11:49:02 by IndustryInsider
OTD - 8th February (1853) - Line doubled from Swansea to Carmarthen	grahame	0	2345	February 07, 2022, 23:05:34 by grahame
The first Great Western Railway electric-only train runs to and from South Wales « 1 2 3 »	Lee	32	12503	February 12, 2022, 14:40:13 by IndustryInsider
Bristol Parkway disruption	infoman	1	2586	February 17, 2022, 06:51:45 by grahame