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BBC4 Storyville: Why Trains Crash	ChrisB	0	846	March 18, 2014, 10:00:58 by ChrisB
Common WiFi like common ticketing and timetables?	grahame	2	846	March 17, 2014, 15:24:01 by grahame
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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
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Runaway of an on-track machine at Bryn, near Wigan, 27 November 2014	Chris from Nailsea	0	848	December 05, 2014, 12:31:16 by Chris from Nailsea
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How much hastle to book a W&S ticket....(was connection time)	Mookiemoo	0	850	December 09, 2009, 15:20:44 by Mookiemoo
MOVED: [thread title]	grahame	0	850	July 01, 2014, 18:02:09 by grahame
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Last call for the Dining Car	moonrakerz	0	852	December 04, 2009, 22:23:05 by moonrakerz