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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
20th Apr (1789)

Opening of Sapperton Canal Tunnel

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[otd] 1st October 1971 - last run of the 4DD	grahame	0	944	October 01, 2023, 07:20:31 by grahame
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OTD - 11th February (1875) - Opening of Kilmersdon Colliery	grahame	2	852	February 11, 2022, 09:07:06 by grahame
OTD - 7th March 1966 - Lines and stations closing	grahame	2	893	March 07, 2022, 07:11:08 by CyclingSid
Minor lines in the far north	grahame	0	775	April 03, 2023, 15:23:17 by grahame
24th November 1960 - runaway freight train	grahame	0	309	November 24, 2023, 05:11:21 by grahame
OTD - 24th January (2007&8) - Unrest at First's franchise performance	grahame	1	1222	January 24, 2023, 04:52:10 by grahame
Where are there still semaphore signals?	grahame	10	1524	May 09, 2023, 12:14:38 by Bmblbzzz
OTD - 6th January (1968) - Hixon Accident	grahame	1	1136	January 06, 2022, 22:44:57 by stuving
Atmospheric Railways	grahame	8	2392	November 08, 2022, 01:24:13 by JayMac
[otd] 5th February - closures Alton to Fareham (1955) and Winchester (1973)	grahame	5	501	February 06, 2024, 14:58:47 by grahame
OTD - 1st February (2003) - Space Shuttle Columbia breaks up killing 7	grahame	4	1921	November 24, 2022, 10:15:28 by broadgage
OTD (not) - 22 Feb 2011 - Yeovil to Oxford, class 50 hauled?	grahame	1	1267	February 22, 2023, 16:37:44 by eightonedee
On this day - 1st January (1923, 1939 and 1948)	grahame	1	756	January 01, 2022, 17:02:42 by stuving
OTD - 3rd March 2012 - 2nd edition of GRIP published	grahame	0	708	March 03, 2022, 02:22:08 by grahame
British Mail Train Robberies	grahame	13	2859	August 08, 2023, 15:54:10 by TonyK
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Liverpool Overhead Railway 6 March 1893 to [otd] 30 December 1956	grahame	1	315	December 30, 2023, 16:08:22 by Oxonhutch