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BBC 1 breakfast at Crewe	infoman	2	1349	August 23, 2019, 02:04:33 by infoman
Fancy dress / impersonation of staff / disability issues.	grahame	0	684	August 26, 2019, 15:08:24 by grahame
Demand for Rail Revival into County Donegal	grahame	9	2771	August 27, 2019, 13:18:33 by grahame
WH Smith hospital stores overtake rail station sites	grahame	4	1701	August 28, 2019, 18:19:06 by Celestial
Station cafe closing - local issues or general shrinkage?	grahame	4	1167	August 30, 2019, 18:53:18 by johnneyw
Closing Waverley or Haymarket during major events?	grahame	5	1259	September 06, 2019, 07:04:22 by CyclingSid
train door open on moving train	infoman	13	2638	September 06, 2019, 21:47:52 by johnneyw
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Height of carriages	froome	6	2450	September 11, 2019, 21:50:25 by Surrey 455
Prizes for refitted staions	stuving	0	1500	September 12, 2019, 14:25:44 by stuving
Rail firms should not be paid when trains run late	TaplowGreen	5	1190	September 20, 2019, 11:00:41 by grahame
The failure of Thomas Cook - wider lessons across public transport	grahame	0	477	September 24, 2019, 12:33:55 by grahame
Coming back to ///fact.steams.speedily ... welcome at ///bottom.awesome.widen	grahame	1	863	September 27, 2019, 19:10:25 by bradshaw
3D printed parts for replacement of obsolete parts on older trains	grahame	2	1091	October 03, 2019, 06:11:13 by grahame
"Without the Beeching report there might not have been Brexit" ??	grahame	3	920	October 07, 2019, 10:50:09 by Bmblbzzz
IETs come to Transpennine Express.	grahame	7	1557	October 07, 2019, 23:09:00 by Noggin
Northern - postponement of December changes	grahame	1	921	October 11, 2019, 08:05:54 by grahame
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request to ban food on trains « 1 2 »	infoman	22	2951	October 11, 2019, 11:24:15 by TonyK
Explosion on XC Train - 26 September 2019	SandTEngineer	1	817	October 11, 2019, 14:29:46 by broadgage