| Introductions and chat | What IS the "Coffee Shop" forum - late 2026 update | 19 Oct 2026 |
| - | UK currency decimalisation (or 'dismalisation') in February 1971 - a discussion | 14 Oct 2026 |
| - | The tale of rail ale trails | 10 Oct 2026 |
| - | A Quick Guide to the Railways | 3 Oct 2026 |
| Who's who on Western railways | Jonathan Jones-Pratt, RIP | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Smoke and Mirrors | Re: Delay Repay bouncing around | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Fare's Fair | Paskage sale - travel + festival. Oops - just festival. Is that allowed | 21 Oct 2026 |
| - | GWR Black Friday sale | 19 Oct 2026 |
| - | Ticket price increases - sport | 14 Oct 2026 |
| - | Clarification - Delay / repay on rail replacement buses | 12 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Rail fare action against inflated fares runs out of "steam" - or electricity | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: What's the biggest saving you can make by splitting your tickets? | 13 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: National Audit Office Warns Of Higher Fares And More Overcrowding | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Buses and other ways to travel | Bussing onto ferries - not a welcoming experience! | 19 Oct 2026 |
| - | Celebrating 125 years of Reading Buses | 4 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Loganair to axe Isle of Man-London City route | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Stagecoach, Exeter - The good, the bad …… | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Cardiff woman dodges flight luggage fee by posting her clothes | 19 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Heathrow Airport - plans for expansion: ongoing discussion, merged posts | 17 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Bus roof torn off on impact under railway bridge incidents - merged topics | 20 Oct 2026 |
| London to Reading | Woodley bridges to close for landslip works | 7 Oct 2026 |
| London to Kennet Valley | Re: Engineering works 10 - 16 October 2026 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Devizes wait since 1966 for train station could end | 16 Oct 2026 |
| London to Swindon and Bristol | Bath disabled woman had to 'crawl on hands and knees' to get off GWR train | 6 Oct 2026 |
| - | 50th anniversary of the introduction of HST's on the route | 4 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Paddington <-> Bristol: service updates and amendments - ongoing discussion | 14 Oct 2026 |
| London to the West | Castle Cary problems 17 October | 17 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Night Riviera Sleeper train - between Paddington and Penzance - ongoing discussion | 19 Oct 2026 |
| London to the Cotswolds | Re: North Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2026 | 1 Oct 2026 |
| North Downs Line | Re: Grand Central applies for Newcastle–Brighton via North Downs | 10 Oct 2026 |
| TransWilts line - Swindon, Chippenham, Westbury | What will happen at Melksham today 18th October 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| - | Changes to TransWilts Train services - week of 12th October 2026 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| - | Melksham Transport User Group - Information at the Station - meeting 8.10.2026 | 3 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Local Transport Plan - Melksham Town vision for Wiltshire Local Plan | 14 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Wiltshire Strategic Freight Strategy consultation closes 23.9.2026 | 3 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Swindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion - 2026 | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Lacock Halt - opened 16th October 1905 | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Heart of Wessex | New Dorset transport vision for roads, rail and buses (3.10.2026) | 4 Oct 2026 |
| Portsmouth to Cardiff | Gosport | 13 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Disruption and cancellations Cardiff-Portsmouth | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Bristol and Bath (WECA, now WEMCA) | Lib Dems call on WEMCA regional mayor to franchise buses | 20 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Passenger Assist to Stapleton Road | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts) | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Oxford, Didcot and Reading from the West | Re: New Oxford - Bristol direct service, ongoing developments and discussion | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Shorter journeys in South and West Wales | Re: New TfW services to Bristol in December timetable | 2 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and South | Trip Report: 01/10/2026 Digby & Sowton To Exeter St. Davids Out And Back | 2 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Barnstaple to Exeter overcrowding, September 2026 | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Station fire at Paignton, particularly the footbridge - 21 July 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Holiday home in Torquay (Torre) anyone? - be aware of train noise | 12 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Tarka Line - Exeter to Barnstaple: services, facilities, incidents and events | 14 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Ivybridge station, south Devon - services, facilities, incidents and events | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Shorter journeys in Plymouth and Cornwall | Re: Cornish mainline and branch line delays - ongoing discussion | 2 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Mid Cornwall Metro - Newquay, St Austell, Truro & Falmouth | 18 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Lostwithiel - footbridge, services and sidings (merged topic) | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Across the West | Storm Austen: modified services | 21 Oct 2026 |
| - | MOVED: Three children injured after school bus roof ripped off in crash | 20 Oct 2026 |
| - | Cornwall and Devon Issues 13th October 2026 | 13 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Rail passenger numbers and crowding published | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2026 | 7 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Class 175s to Great Western Railway (GWR) | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion | 21 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Great Western Railway: on-board catering, buffets, Travelling Chef, Pullman - ongoing discussion | 3 Oct 2026 |
| Campaigns for new and improved services | MOVED: Croos Country say that the will seriously consider stopping at Bridgwater | 20 Oct 2026 |
| - | MOVED: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion | 13 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Hereford / Ross on Wye / Gloucester - new campaign for re-opening | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Direct London trains from Shropshire 'will not start in 2026' | 8 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Reopening Cullompton and Wellington stations (merged topic) | 4 Oct 2026 |
| News, Help and Assistance | Coffee Shop vs PHP? | 21 Oct 2026 |
| - | Coffee Shop posting - for real people! | 14 Oct 2026 |
| - | To start a new topic on the Coffee Shop | 10 Oct 2026 |
| - | Coffee Shop (and some personal) review, end of September 2026 | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Server slow ... | 13 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Also available on the Coffee Shop secure (https) server | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Abbreviations and acronyms resolved within our pages | 3 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Some Site Statistics | 4 Oct 2026 |
| The Lighter Side | slow progress - where have we got to today? | 20 Oct 2026 |
| - | Where is grahame today, 17th October 2026 | 17 Oct 2026 |
| - | What are the rules of unwritten journalism? | 3 Oct 2026 |
| - | An update, here on 'The Lighter Side' of the Coffee Shop forum | 11 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Llandegley International Airport - billboard to be removed | 14 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Annoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate press articles | 4 Oct 2026 |
| The West - but NOT trains in the West | West, but not trains. Where? | 11 Oct 2026 |
| - | UK destinations you wished you'd visited sooner. | 7 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Ideas for a day out? | 3 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: High Streets - thriving, changing, dying in 2026? | 2 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: To 'stockpile food' is now our Government's official policy, apparently | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Aberfan disaster - 21 October 1966 - 116 children, 28 adults killed | 12 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Winterstoke Road Bridge, Weston super Mare - closed for two years | 8 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Mining in Cornwall | 12 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Weston-super-Mare - Birnbeck Pier restoration: ongoing developments and discussion | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Clifton Suspension Bridge - toll road bridge across the Avon in Bristol - designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Diary - what's happening when? | West Wiltshire Rail User Group / 2027 meetings | 8 Oct 2026 |
| - | Industrial Heritage in Wiltshire conference majoring on railways - 24.10.2026 | 4 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: 9th October 2026 - TravelWatch SouthWest, Taunton | 2 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: 5th October 2026 - "History of Melksham Station" talk in Atworth - 5th Oct 2026 | 6 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: The People's Emergency - film, free, 27.5.2026 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Swindon to Gloucester / Cheltenham | From Swindon - East and West good, what about south and north? | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 years | Re: The future for trains in the South West when nationalised? | 15 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Project Churchward - future regional fleet for the West, new rolling stock to replace DMUs | 1 Oct 2026 |
| South Western services | Catering on the WoE line? | 8 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Westbury -> Warminster -> Salisbury -> Waterloo through train not running | 10 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: West of England Line - Soil Moisture Deficit Update - 10 October 2025 | 15 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: South Western Railways Waterloo - Bristol services axed | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Cross Country services | Cross Country say that they will seriously consider stopping at Bridgwater | 20 Oct 2026 |
| - | Cross Country - 8 trains added to fleet over next 18 months | 13 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: May 2022 Timetable Update | 10 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Cross Country Trains - incidents, services and shortage of drivers - ongoing issues | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Chiltern Railways services | Thame - Haddenham and Thame Parkway | 20 Oct 2026 |
| - | Winslow Station protest - 21st November 2026 | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions | Flying Scotsman | 18 Oct 2026 |
| - | Sydney Gardens No. 2 Tunnel, Bath. Navigation and towpath closed. | 11 Oct 2026 |
| Media about railways, and other means of transport | Flight Free UK | 12 Oct 2026 |
| - | Satirical news feeds | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with them | Fears grow that high diesel prices could lead to more cyclists | 6 Oct 2026 |
| The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom | Upminster level crossing shut after children filmed playing on it - October 2026 | 13 Oct 2026 |
| - | Publicly owned rail is popular but does it make the trains run on time? | 13 Oct 2026 |
| - | House of Commons survey on young people: travel to work. | 12 Oct 2026 |
| - | Hospice charity 'disappointed' after its miniature railway targeted by vandals | 10 Oct 2026 |
| - | Birmingham Airport announces £2bn expansion - October 2026 | 8 Oct 2026 |
| - | Wales: M4 junction closures and new Menai bridge in plans to tackle congestion | 6 Oct 2026 |
| - | Cheadle: train station returning to village after more than 100 years | 4 Oct 2026 |
| - | Bedbugs lead to cancellations of day trains - not the Bedpan line either! | 3 Oct 2026 |
| - | Curves, loops, avoider lines | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Avanti (West Coast) to be nationalised, March 2027 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Reported assaults on Britain's rail services rise by more than a third | 4 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Two East Midlands Railway trains collide near Bedford, 19th June 2026 | 1 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Rail trespassers warned to 'stay off the tracks' by Network Rail and Police | 6 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: South Bank railway station footbridge - near Middlesbrough | 13 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Ryanair - routes, schedules, incidents and issues (merged posts) | 15 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Public Houses (including Wetherspoons) at or near railway stations - merged ongoing topic | 10 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Statue for 'British Schindler' Sir Nicholas Winton at Maidenhead Station | 4 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) - Government proposals, alternative routes, discussion | 1 Oct 2026 |
| The Wider Picture Overseas | Pelleponese Railway. (Out of use, but now, multiple threats) | 20 Oct 2026 |
| - | Collision between bus and Le Shuttle, in France - 15 Oct 2026 | 15 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: What's new? request stops! | 6 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Felletin - last throws? ... lessons?? | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Railway History and related topics | Overcrowding not a new issue | 16 Oct 2026 |
| - | Is it the "6 foot" or the "4 foot 9 inches'? | 6 Oct 2026 |
| - | On This Day - 6 October 1829 - Rainhill trials of steam engines, in Lancashire | 6 Oct 2026 |
| - | Air Ministry Loop - 1942 to 1955 | 6 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Electric Trains - Manchester to Sheffield, retired to the Netherlands | 19 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Disused rail viaduct over the Spey at Garmouth fails | 7 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Bradshaw's timetable - first published 19th October 1839 | 19 Oct 2026 |
| - | Re: Harrow & Wealdstone 8th October 1952 & Nursing Lieutenant Abbie Sweetwine. | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Pen and Quill (and keyboard) | MOVED: Coffee Shop vs PHP? | 21 Oct 2026 |
