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02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
18th Apr (1966)

Melksham Station closed (link)

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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
FlyBe - gone into administration « 1 2 3 4 5 »	MVR S&T	67	15102	January 29, 2023, 20:07:47 by TonyK
Concessionary bus fares and EU rules lead to real problems « 1 2 3 4 5 »	grahame	63	26847	November 19, 2008, 22:59:19 by Chris from Nailsea
Cardiff Airport - recent developments, including road and railbus links - ongoing discussion « 1 2 3 4 5 »	IanC	61	24776	November 19, 2014, 19:09:54 by chrisr_75
City tram-trains trial unveiled in South Yorkshire - Rotherham / Sheffield « 1 2 3 4 5 »	Chris from Nailsea	61	27166	January 09, 2019, 17:27:39 by stuving
M4 closed in London due to CRACKS on viaduct! « 1 2 3 4 »	Btline	57	24349	July 17, 2012, 12:27:02 by Southern Stag
Reading Buses expand their area « 1 2 3 4 »	stuving	55	32209	March 06, 2019, 11:32:06 by Reading General
Open top bus service 300 Lands End St Ives « 1 2 3 4 »	Sleepy	55	40278	May 11, 2016, 14:18:33 by Sleepy
Drones cause Gatwick chaos. 20/12/2018, ongoing. « 1 2 3 4 »	broadgage	54	8967	June 15, 2020, 13:18:41 by TonyK
Bus Services Act 2017 - updated topic heading, ongoing discussion « 1 2 3 4 »	grahame	53	30872	April 28, 2017, 14:34:22 by grahame
Cyclists don't count as road users « 1 2 3 4 »	Red Squirrel	52	13835	January 16, 2017, 18:33:19 by mjones
Trapping people in their villages « 1 2 3 4 »	grahame	52	22044	November 11, 2015, 13:41:30 by stuving
FlyBMI - gone into administration « 1 2 3 4 »	martyjon	50	11651	January 28, 2023, 06:11:19 by GBM
World's largest electric bus order « 1 2 3 4 »	Bmblbzzz	49	14233	August 28, 2019, 17:25:37 by Bmblbzzz
Planning Incentives 'lead to housing estates centered on car use' « 1 2 3 4 »	grahame	48	10087	January 30, 2020, 22:51:34 by stuving
And we think rail information systems and facilities are lacking ... « 1 2 3 4 »	grahame	47	17403	August 22, 2016, 12:19:03 by LiskeardRich
West Of England Partnership Proposes 9 Guided Bus Routes « 1 2 3 4 »	Lee	47	23487	March 30, 2014, 23:42:24 by TonyK
Maximum two pound bus fare across most operators in England « 1 2 3 »	infoman	43	9340	October 05, 2023, 21:47:41 by JayMac
Flybe (based at Exeter) and domestic air travel - ongoing discussion (merged topic) « 1 2 3 »	Bob_Blakey	42	18582	March 31, 2019, 22:36:30 by Thatcham Crossing
Coaches and buses bursting into flames - why are they apparently so combustible? (merged topic) « 1 2 3 »	Chris from Nailsea	41	21059	May 09, 2018, 21:12:16 by broadgage
Trams for Bath « 1 2 3 »	Bmblbzzz	40	10648	May 06, 2019, 09:23:51 by grahame

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