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22/05/24 - WWRUG / TransWilts update
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17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
1st May (1964)

Helicopter service from Penzance to Scilly Isles starts

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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Teenager sentenced for ^sickening^ attack on train driver ^ Guildford, Surrey	Chris from Nailsea	0	2192	November 20, 2012, 23:00:38 by Chris from Nailsea
Children to spread rail safety message in schools across the south & south west	JayMac	0	2448	November 15, 2012, 17:37:51 by JayMac
Woman dies after being hit by train in North Sheen - 6 November 2012	Chris from Nailsea	0	2435	November 06, 2012, 22:56:39 by Chris from Nailsea
No stopping at Wimbledon after person hit by train - 31 October 2012	Chris from Nailsea	2	2791	October 31, 2012, 21:10:15 by 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01
Routeing Question - I'm a little confused	Brucey	6	5033	October 29, 2012, 20:51:11 by 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01
South West Trains hit by 'major power failure' on Friday 12 October 2012	Chris from Nailsea	1	1966	October 14, 2012, 13:35:41 by eightf48544
Man dies on railway line near Dorchester - 5 October 2012	Chris from Nailsea	0	1724	October 12, 2012, 13:24:40 by Chris from Nailsea
Man dead after being hit by train at Woking rail station - 1 October 2012	Chris from Nailsea	1	2315	October 05, 2012, 21:38:15 by Chris from Nailsea
Magistrate "in despair" as SWT blunders derails prosecutions (Dorset Echo 05/10)	JayMac	1	2193	October 05, 2012, 18:32:33 by TonyK
Row over South West Trains & Network Rail scheme intensifies (ITV News 04/10/12)	Brucey	0	1851	October 04, 2012, 18:51:23 by Brucey
Track tragedy: man electrocuted on Christchurch railway line - 17 Sept 2012	Chris from Nailsea	2	4526	September 25, 2012, 23:08:22 by Chris from Nailsea
Havant gateline - nearly always open	Brucey	0	1736	September 18, 2012, 13:51:02 by Brucey
Woman falls from bridge on to railway line in Pokesdown - 2 September 2012	Chris from Nailsea	0	1879	September 02, 2012, 14:18:56 by Chris from Nailsea
Athlete stunned at lack of help to get on train (The News 01/09/2012)	Brucey	0	1803	September 01, 2012, 13:31:50 by Brucey
Lightning strike disrupts trains in and out of London - 19 April 2012	Chris from Nailsea	0	2207	April 20, 2012, 00:20:56 by Chris from Nailsea
Two fatalities on Waterloo lines - 16 Apr 12	bobm	2	3095	April 16, 2012, 20:57:56 by LiskeardRich
Police appeal after attack on train between Fratton and Cosham, 17 February 2012	Chris from Nailsea	0	2948	March 12, 2012, 18:31:05 by Chris from Nailsea
Call for action on crumbling footbridge at Havant train station	Chris from Nailsea	0	3925	February 18, 2012, 11:50:29 by Chris from Nailsea
Bad day for SWT this morning	bigdaz	4	4131	January 17, 2012, 21:24:04 by 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01
SWT 458/460 deal signed off	paul7575	2	3617	December 23, 2011, 12:06:11 by paul7575