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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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Rail North recommendations - translatable to Rail South West??	grahame	0	543	August 01, 2019, 10:56:39 by grahame
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Locomotive liveries.	martyjon	6	4707	July 24, 2019, 14:06:26 by martyjon
London Bridge.	martyjon	3	788	July 19, 2019, 09:00:18 by Clan Line
RAIB Report into the fatality at Stoats Nest Junction on the Brighton line.	Gordon the Blue Engine	2	1159	July 13, 2019, 17:38:23 by JayMac
British Steel Compulsory Liquidation - 22 May 2019 « 1 2 »	SandTEngineer	18	2396	July 08, 2019, 15:54:13 by stuving
Eurostar goes almost dry	grahame	7	1618	June 26, 2019, 16:10:53 by Celestial
Network Rail staff flying rather than taking the train to save money	TaplowGreen	7	1442	June 24, 2019, 16:21:45 by rower40
What do we think we mean by "railway infrastructure" ?	Robin Summerhill	1	632	June 23, 2019, 20:49:50 by 4064ReadingAbbey
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Glasgow's Queen Street Station Train Fire	Timmer	1	771	June 18, 2019, 21:58:32 by eightonedee
Current metrics of train travel and what it says about the average journey	grahame	0	696	June 15, 2019, 09:00:05 by grahame
Reshaping Britain’s Railways for the 21st Century: A Speech by Lord Andrew Adonis « 1 2 »	grahame	19	3553	June 09, 2019, 21:31:12 by Reading General
The state of our infrastructure - UK wide - and service reliability	grahame	5	1204	June 07, 2019, 16:03:10 by SandTEngineer
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Marston Vale Line receives first of new Class 230 stock « 1 2 »	johnneyw	27	4601	May 29, 2019, 18:11:50 by johnneyw
Dual Fuel (diesel and liquified natural gas) demonstration project	grahame	2	715	May 25, 2019, 18:21:05 by broadgage
New timetables (in many places) from tomorrow	grahame	9	1422	May 22, 2019, 07:59:39 by grahame