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New and continued public topics from 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Nov 2024 inclusive
Introductions and chat"New Topic" x 800026 Oct 2024
-Finn (our Coffee Shop forum mascot) has met a new friend?23 Oct 2024
-I'm a Luddite - historic reference, Chris from Nailsea19 Oct 2024
-ARE there enough train crew? 6 Oct 2024
-Re: It's NOT the age of the train25 Oct 2024
-Re: Changing profile of passengers 2 Oct 2024
-Re: Member Roll call26 Oct 2024
Who's who on Western railwaysGerard Duddridge RIP21 Oct 2024
-Laura Shoaf as Chair of Shadow Great British Railways 3 Oct 2024
-Re: New Year Honours, 2023 - public transport recipients 8 Oct 2024
-Re: Peter Blackburn, RIP20 Oct 2024
Smoke and Mirrors23 ways to contact someone with your issue / query 3 Oct 2024
Fare's FairRailway Regulation Act, 1844 (1st November) - Parliamentary fares (and trains) 1 Nov 2024
-Fare and railcard increases on 2nd March 202530 Oct 2024
-Trainline - Strong Growth28 Oct 2024
-Fares - Wiltshire to Scotland - economic suggestions23 Oct 2024
-GWR selling tickets to Paddington when it's closed, 28th Decrmber 2024.21 Oct 2024
-10% off tickets via Uber16 Oct 2024
-RoSCos - not being nationalised. The Mirror comments13 Oct 2024
-Rover ticket 7 Oct 2024
-You want to join at Melksham rather than Trowbridge? That will be an extra £30 6 Oct 2024
-Why punch a hole in a rover / ranger ticket? 6 Oct 2024
-Re: GWR Smartcard - purchase non-season tickets? 1 Nov 2024
-Re: Rail firms accused of misusing courts for ticket errors / fare evasion (merged posts) 9 Oct 2024
Buses and other ways to travela bus scam from Suffolk,think we had a similar one in the West country area31 Oct 2024
-Weca FREE Birthday bus's to be extended in year 202529 Oct 2024
-Buses that go past the [station / point of interest] but [don't / won't] stop28 Oct 2024
-Last cross-channel passenger ferry from Southampton - 27.10.199627 Oct 2024
-Bus deregulation - on this day 26th October 198626 Oct 2024
-Boy sustains 'life-threatening' injury in bus crash in Cornwall - 14 Oct 202414 Oct 2024
-Rachel Reeves to scrap bus fare cap13 Oct 2024
-Pupils injured after school bus crash in County Down - 7 October 2024 8 Oct 2024
-Re: London City Airport expansion approved11 Oct 2024
-Re: Ministers urged to extend £2 bus fare cap after refusing to commit to move28 Oct 2024
-Re: Megabus launch new Plymouth - London route27 Oct 2024
-Re: Paddle Steamer Waverley - merged posts 2 Oct 2024
-Re: Labour pledges free bus travel for under 25s30 Oct 2024
-Re: 20th Century Road Schemes in Bristol16 Oct 2024
-Re: Cambridge Guided Busway - ongoing discussion and updates (merged topic)28 Oct 2024
Your rights and redressRe: New FGW Customer Charter14 Oct 2024
London to ReadingIssue with GWR Electric Suburban Trains? 4 Oct 2024
-Re: Ealing Broadway - station facilities, access issues and many sad incidents (merged posts)26 Oct 2024
London to Didcot, Oxford and BanburyRe: Oxford Station - improvements, incidents and events (merged topic)15 Oct 2024
London to Swindon and BristolPlatform 14 stories23 Oct 2024
-Re: Class 387 coming to Thames Valley - ongoing discussion22 Oct 2024
London to South WalesRe: Bristol Parkway. 50 years young. 9 Oct 2024
London to the WestMajor work to replace banks at Powderham to protect rail line 4 Oct 2024
-Re: Night Riviera - merged posts, ongoing discussion 6 Oct 2024
Thames Valley BranchesRe: Reading Green Park13 Oct 2024
London to the CotswoldsNew map promotes car-free travel in the Cotswolds 2 Oct 2024
-Re: North Cotswold Line delays and cancellations - 2024 3 Oct 2024
TransWilts lineIET’s SDO database now includes Melksham.27 Oct 2024
-Council welcomes Wiltshire Rail Strategic Study23 Oct 2024
-Observing traffic changes - before Covid and now - at Melksham 5 Oct 2024
-Re: Melksham Update - and (provisional) date for restart meeting - 25.10.2024 2 Oct 2024
-Re: 2024 - Service update and amendment log, Swindon <-> Westbury 2 Oct 2024
Portsmouth to CardiffUnisex (?) toilets at Southampton Central.30 Oct 2024
-Schrödinger's train16 Oct 2024
-Extra stops at Dilton Marsh - sensible alternative when local service cancelled 9 Oct 2024
-Re: "The future of public transport provision in West Wiltshire"22 Oct 2024
-Re: Westbury - engineering works from 24th December 2024 for 30 days 2 Oct 2024
-Re: Planned trespass? 4 Oct 2024
Bristol (WECA) CommutersRail and road disruption warning due to works25 Oct 2024
-Points failure between Worcester Shrub Hill and Ashchurch 23/10/2423 Oct 2024
-Problems with vertical services as well as horizontal ones now16 Oct 2024
-Zonal fares for West of England? 8 Oct 2024
-[otd] 3rd October 1906 - Ashton Avenue Bridge opened 3 Oct 2024
-Scope to increase Bristol suburban services? 1 Oct 2024
-Re: New station at Ashley Down, Bristol 1 Oct 2024
-Re: Bristol Temple Meads - station, facilities, incidents and events (merged posts)31 Oct 2024
Oxford, Didcot and Reading from the WestRe: New Oxford - Bristol Service Starting Sept 14th 202415 Oct 2024
Shorter journeys in South and West WalesMOVED: Collision reported between two trains 22 Oct 2024
-Could Wales and maybe Scotland buy its own trains?19 Oct 2024
-Transport for Wales passenger numbers soar as cancellations decline.17 Oct 2024
-Welsh alcohol ban 17 Oct 2024
-Go ahead given to new railway stations and SWML upgrade Cardiff to Severn tunnel11 Oct 2024
-Re: Underinvestment in rail in Wales? 2 Oct 2024
-Re: Cardiff Bay Station branch 2 Oct 2024
Shorter journeys in Devon - Central, North and SouthRe: Devon delays 202421 Oct 2024
Shorter journeys in Plymouth and CornwallIs this Scilly? 1 Nov 2024
-Passengers causing disturbance closes E Bound GWML in Cornwall 01 Oct 2024 1 Oct 2024
-Re: Cornish delays13 Oct 2024
-St Ives reservations15 Oct 2024
-St Erth - Footbridge. 27 Oct 2024
Across the WestJourneyCheck - thank you for the explanation.29 Oct 2024
-Exeter points failure 17th October 202417 Oct 2024
-0635 Salisbury - Worcester Foregate Str thru Melksham keeps running late17 Oct 2024
-Rail delivery group survey on time spent at stations 9 Oct 2024
-Comparing old and new trains 6 Oct 2024
-Re: Bad weather warning, from the BBC, for this weekend 1 Oct 2024
-Re: Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill 3 Oct 2024
-Re: Rail unions industrial and strike action 2024 1 Oct 2024
-Re: Thames Valley infrastructure problems causing disruption elsewhere - 2024 1 Oct 2024
-Re: 175s to GWR25 Oct 2024
-Re: Aberthaw Power Station and Decarbonisation 1 Oct 2024
-Re: Train Horns causing disturbance13 Oct 2024
-Re: Shortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion 3 Oct 2024
Campaigns for new and improved servicesSt Athan15 Oct 2024
-Re: Reston Station26 Oct 2024
-Re: Petitioners support reopening of Wisbech line27 Oct 2024
-Re: ATOC - makes case for new railway lines 31 Oct 2024
-Re: East - West Rail update (Oxford to Bedford) - ongoing discussion21 Oct 2024
News, Help and AssistanceRe: Your FUTURE viewing - how would you like to access the Coffee Shop in future? 1 Oct 2024
-Re: Server load - 5th May 202417 Oct 2024
-Re: Really useful industry posts on the Coffee Shop - a thank you to our experts23 Oct 2024
-Re: Revisiting email rules and posting guidelines, a decade and more on 5 Oct 2024
-Re: Some Site Statistics16 Oct 2024
The Lighter SideWhere was JayMac today, 30th October 2024?30 Oct 2024
-Christmas tree decoration30 Oct 2024
-Clocks Back Quiz 28 Oct 2024
-Where was I ... ?24 Oct 2024
-Young spotters finally identified after 48 years!19 Oct 2024
-Paul Simon and the song Homeward bound19 Oct 2024
-Spot the difference18 Oct 2024
-Coming to the end of my FOSS - where was I?10 Oct 2024
-Circle line, 7th October 2024 7 Oct 2024
-Music to the ears - from another of my random finds on YouTube 6 Oct 2024
-vote for your favourite rail leaf cleaner 4 Oct 2024
-Another of my random finds from YouTube: Doctor Who 500 miles special 4 Oct 2024
-Re: The chap at Boots dropped my prints - can you put them in order? 1 Oct 2024
-Re: Where was Red Squirrel, 2/9/24 to 16/9/2425 Oct 2024
-Re: Interrail '24 - recalling memories and dreaming22 Oct 2024
-Re: New monorail in Shoreditch20 Oct 2024
-Re: Congestion at Newquay 2 Oct 2024
-Re: World cup of train stations?13 Oct 2024
-Re: Annoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate press articles 8 Oct 2024
The West - but NOT trains in the WestRe: Neighbourhood plans - status in YOUR area 8 Oct 2024
Diary - what's happening when?Trevor Beaven Station Master Pewsey QUESTION27 Oct 2024
-21st November 2024 - publication date for rail usage stats26 Oct 2024
-Upcoming in the diary - but no exact date yet for some of them...20 Oct 2024
-First passenger train this century, Bletchley to Bicester 8 Oct 2024
-West Wiltshire Rail User Group, 27th November 2024, Trowbridge 3 Oct 2024
-Melksham Transport Group - rebirth, 25th October 2024, 14:30 and 18:30 2 Oct 2024
-Re: 11th October 2024 - Travelwatch Southwest general meeting, Taunton 5 Oct 2024
-Re: Coffee shop diary - YOUR events welcome.30 Oct 2024
Swindon to Gloucester / CheltenhamMOVED: BBC points west covering Ladbrooke Grove 6 Oct 2024
-Swindon - Transport Conversation Survey 1 Oct 2024
Looking forward - the next 5, 10 and 20 yearsHow do we look ahead - Transport Analysis Guidance29 Oct 2024
-Newer trains and fewer cancellations17 Oct 2024
-Public Transport - what should we do / what should we ask of our MP?13 Oct 2024
-Re: Rebalancing transport investment investment10 Oct 2024
-Re: Get Britain Moving - Labour's plans to fix Britain's Railways13 Oct 2024
-Re: Project Churchward - Future regional fleet for the west15 Oct 2024
South Western serviceswhat would you do if your last train was cancelled? 1 Oct 2024
-Re: South Western Railways and NR propose new plan to electrify line. 1 Oct 2024
-Re: Network Rail plan to close Tan Hill crossing and replace it with a footbridge30 Oct 2024
Cross Country servicesLabour agrees pay deal that gives train guards £300 bonus16 Oct 2024
-trying to keep travellers OFF the bus/coach12 Oct 2024
-Re: XC short notice alterations due to driver unavailability. 16 Oct 2024
Transport for LondonElizabeth line Paddington station barriers25 Oct 2024
-London Underground strikes in November (2024)18 Oct 2024
-brand new Underground trains sprayed before entering service 16 Oct 2024
-Why The Elizabeth Line Must Be Extended To Ebbsfleet International14 Oct 2024
-Man jailed for pushing postman on to Tube tracks11 Oct 2024
-New entrance, Bakerloo Line, Paddington. Opened October 2024 2 Oct 2024
-Re: TfL cyber security incident, September 2024. 7 Oct 2024
Heritage railway lines, Railtours, other rail based attractionsTintern Station 1 Nov 2024
-MOVED: Volunteers wanted at Congresbury 28 Oct 2024
-Bath Spa to Broadway and back28 Oct 2024
-National Railway Museum at Shildon22 Oct 2024
-Londons burning series featuring heritage railway 21 Oct 2024
-new footbridge at Shepton Mallett 16 Oct 2024
-Atlantic Coast Express - 12th October 202412 Oct 2024
-Having trouble with getting your heritage railway across a road in UK? 8 Oct 2024
-Re: steam engine 5552 10 Oct 2024
-Heritage railways / sourcing coal27 Oct 2024
-Re: Weardale Railway - Bishop Auckland to Weardale - merged posts25 Oct 2024
-Re: Plym Valley Railway - Marsh Mills to Plym Bridge - merged posts25 Oct 2024
-Re: Colonel Holman Fred Stephens (31 October 1868 – 23 October 1931) 18 Oct 2024
Meet the ManagerMeet the Director, 3 October - an update 3 Oct 2024
-6. Catering 3 Oct 2024
-5. Ticketing and connections 3 Oct 2024
-4. Shortage of stock / crew, reliance on overtime / rest day working 3 Oct 2024
-3. Persons hit by trains, and their effect on services 3 Oct 2024
-2. Reliability issues - rolling stock 3 Oct 2024
-1. Infrastructure issues - particularly in the Thames Valley 3 Oct 2024
-TODAY! Meet the Manager - on the forum and on Zoom 3 Oct 2024
-Re: Meet the Manager and Zoom code for 14:30 on Thursday 3rd October 2 Oct 2024
-Meet the Director - Daryn McCombe of GWR - 3 October 2024 1 Oct 2024
Media about railways, and other means of transportArticle in The guardian extolling Delay repay24 Oct 2024
-the likely lads series at Doncaster train station?19 Oct 2024
-Sabrina Bahsoon warned against filming "commercial" videos on TfL property18 Oct 2024
Active travel: Cyclists and walkers, including how the railways deal with themMore cycle parking in Oxford:"astonishing victim blaming" by cycling campaigners15 Oct 2024
-Keeping fit with train travel 6 Oct 2024
-Re: Taking cycle on the train - boarding at intermediate stations 2 Oct 2024
The Wider Picture in the United KingdomTrain crash in Cornwall - but with a difference31 Oct 2024
-Northern still using FAX machines 31 Oct 2024
-Budget 202430 Oct 2024
-Global Warming - how are we doing on call for urgent action 18 years ago?30 Oct 2024
-'I married the train driver who saved my life'27 Oct 2024
-Rail operators stripped of profit incentive ahead of renationalisation23 Oct 2024
-Collision between two trains at Llanbrynmair, in Powys, Wales - 21 October 202422 Oct 2024
-The railway as a community21 Oct 2024
-Haigh for the chop?20 Oct 2024
-Cancelling trains: choices to be made20 Oct 2024
-Bus and tram in head-on collision in city centre - Manchester, 18 October 202419 Oct 2024
-Travel times to railway stations17 Oct 2024
-Avanti Class 805 interiors16 Oct 2024
-Rail Symbol 2 and Rail Alphabet 2 is coming14 Oct 2024
-Another one way station ...13 Oct 2024
-Request stops10 Oct 2024
-First drive - Lands End to John o'Groats [OTD] 9th October 1897 9 Oct 2024
-Times, they are a'changing 6 Oct 2024
-36 rail projects at risk of being scrapped by the Government 5 Oct 2024
-Euston: a five point plan 4 Oct 2024
-[otd] 2nd October 2002 - Railtrack being sold to newly created Network Rail 2 Oct 2024
-Re: First acquires Stirling-London Grand Union open access operation 3 Oct 2024
-Re: Crackdown on traditional carriages threatens ‘Hogwarts Express’ trains31 Oct 2024
-Re: Belfast's Grand Central station, opening on Sunday 8th September 202413 Oct 2024
-Re: Storing petrol13 Oct 2024
-Re: Diary Of A Reasonably Frequent Rail User21 Oct 2024
-Re: Railway bridges struck by road vehicles - merged topic, ongoing discussion18 Oct 2024
-Re: HS2 - Government proposals, alternative routes and general discussion 8 Oct 2024
The Wider Picture Overseas"13 dead" in rail station roof collapse, Serbia. 1 Nov 2024
-Various high speed rail closures in Spain.31 Oct 2024
-New hourly Dublin-Belfast rail services29 Oct 2024
-Quietest national network station in 2023 - USA style26 Oct 2024
-Greenland - opening to mass transit (by air)21 Oct 2024
-DRAISY - a new tiny battery train from SNCF 5 Oct 2024
-Hamburg station virus scare on high-speed train 2 Oct 2024
-Keeping fit on public transport 1 Oct 2024
-Re: Free public transport comes to Montpellier (count the 'l's...)25 Oct 2024
Railway History and related topicsLongmoor Military Railway - to 31st October 196931 Oct 2024
-Like a drug?29 Oct 2024
-Volunteers wanted at Congresbury 28 Oct 2024
-model of Axminster train station 25 Oct 2024
-Plymouth to Salisbury Plain by London bus 191423 Oct 2024
-The Eritrean Railway - a report on this day (18th October) in 200318 Oct 2024
-Tonight: Paulton, Somerset: talk on the Severn Rail Bridge17 Oct 2024
-Lampo, and dogs in railway history17 Oct 2024
-A history of time - OTD 13th October 188413 Oct 2024
-Re: Garden Railway - clearing the leaves20 Oct 2024
-Re: [otd] 31st October 1980 - last run of night ferry 1 Nov 2024
-Re: Bradshaw's timetable - first published 19th October 183919 Oct 2024
-Re: [otd] 1st October 1971 - last run of the 4DD 1 Oct 2024
-Re: Atmospheric Railways27 Oct 2024
-Re: British Train Robbery - 8 August 1963 (merged posts)12 Oct 2024
-Re: Ladbroke Grove (Paddington) train crash - 5 Oct 1999 - anniversaries, memories and publications 4 Oct 2024
Green ParkTest meeting 3 Oct 2024

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