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New and continued public topics from 1 Feb 2010 to 1 Mar 2010 inclusive
Introductions and chatHi from OBRAG 9 Feb 2010
-Greeting to all ... 8 Feb 2010
Who's who on Western railwaysEmail Address for senior managers 1 Feb 2010
Smoke and MirrorsCar parking charges Exmouth Station25 Feb 2010
-Expenditure of transport, by government, per capita, by region17 Feb 2010
Fare's FairDisabled Railcard Query?!27 Feb 2010
-Devon Ranger - when is it vaild from?25 Feb 2010
-Advance fares specific trains24 Feb 2010
-ATOC launches review of fares policy - Press release 22/02/201023 Feb 2010
-London International Fares21 Feb 2010
-London Travelcards21 Feb 2010
-Taking a break during journey20 Feb 2010
-Penalty fares go live in April 201019 Feb 2010
-Wrong Tickets - Help !15 Feb 2010
-Fare help for a friend please - this is outside my geographical area....15 Feb 2010
-Leominster to london via Cardiff13 Feb 2010
-Worcester to Reading on Sundays when there's engineering work on Cotswold Line12 Feb 2010
-When you card doesnt work in the C&P machine because the machine is faulty......12 Feb 2010
-Delay Compensation - Cancellation due to no available crew12 Feb 2010
-Advance fares to Gatwick 9 Feb 2010
-Comparative Transport Price Increases 9 Feb 2010
-Credit Cards accepted for Ticket Machines 8 Feb 2010
-Best Fare Option for Group Travel 8 Feb 2010
-Tiverton to London - FGW or SWT? 8 Feb 2010
-Balham to Wiltshire 4 Feb 2010
-Clarification please? REfunds on advance tickets???? 3 Feb 2010
-Re: Train delay means I miss appointment - can I claim refund??? 1 Feb 2010
-Re: Swiss Railways in dispute with regulator over fare dodgers and underpayers. 3 Feb 2010
-Re: What all the numbers on your ticket actually mean... 6 Feb 2010
-Re: Partial Commute from Bristol to Didcot (and advance tickets, etc) 5 Feb 2010
-Re: Oyster PAYG on NR12 Feb 2010
-Club 55 tickets27 Feb 2010
-Re: Groupsave questions 19 Feb 2010
Buses and other ways to travelCross-company co-operation.13 Feb 2010
-Re: East Coast 6 Feb 2010
-Re: Cambridge Guided Busway - ongoing discussion and updates (merged topic)23 Feb 2010
-Re: Newquay and Plymouth Airports - their rise and fall - ongoing discussion10 Feb 2010
Your rights and redressTrains leaving early24 Feb 2010
London to ReadingRe: Ealing Broadway Fatalities 1 Feb 2010
-Maidenhead to Paddington - good service 26 Feb 2010
-21.27 Paddington to Maidenhead 23/0223 Feb 2010
-Ticket machines at Maidenhead?22 Feb 2010
-Timetable change to RDG-PAD early service16 Feb 2010
-Maidenhead passengers still transported in worse conditions than cattle11 Feb 2010
-Engineering works this weekend 11 Feb 2010
-Another Fatality Massive Delays 11/2/201011 Feb 2010
-Crowd control measure or change of plan? 4 Feb 2010
-Re: Twyford Station car parking - merged topic, ongoing discussion17 Feb 2010
London to Didcot, Oxford and BanburyRe: Oxford Station - improvements, incidents and events (merged topic) 3 Feb 2010
London to Swindon and BristolTravelling Chef from Temple Meads?17 Feb 2010
-10:30 BTM - Didcot Sat 13 Feb10 Feb 2010
London to South WalesRugby Internationals in Cardiff and Friday evening train services26 Feb 2010
-A bit of 'outside the box' thinking to avoid cancelling a service.24 Feb 2010
London to the WestFive years for man who carried illegal handgun on a train (Exeter, 31 Oct 2009) 1 Feb 2010
-Re: Weston to Highbridge 6 Feb 2010
Thames Valley BranchesRe: Windsor Link Rail 5 Feb 2010
London to the CotswoldsTrip report - Potters Bar to Worcester Foregate Street, 22/2/1024 Feb 2010
-Great Malvern - the most amended service?23 Feb 2010
-Engineering works/signal failures23 Feb 2010
-What are the prospects for the 1751 today being a turbo?23 Feb 2010
-Re: short forming again 1 Feb 2010
-Re: Where is "Long Hanborough"20 Feb 2010
-Re: Vandalism23 Feb 2010
-Re: Cheltenham Spa to Paddington22 Feb 2010
-Re: Cotswold Line redoubling: 2008 - 201111 Feb 2010
TransWilts lineGWRUS - final version 1 Mar 2010
-Sunday service cuts28 Feb 2010
-Re: Services through Melksham compared with Beaconsfield 1 Feb 2010
Heart of WessexRe: Arriva Trains Weymouth28 Feb 2010
Portsmouth to CardiffFreight train derails in Hampshire (22 February 2010)22 Feb 2010
-Short trains today ...13 Feb 2010
-Incident near Salisbury (3-2-10) 3 Feb 2010
Bristol (WECA) CommutersVandals continue to put lives at risk - Worle: BTP appeal for information22 Feb 2010
-Turn around times for trains to and through Bristol17 Feb 2010
-07:28 TAU-BPW 4 Feb 2010
-SVB line passengers complain they cannot pay fares (29/01/2010) 23 Feb 2010
Shorter journeys in DevonUneccessary Delays21 Feb 2010
-Who will pay for the extra trains?17 Feb 2010
-(Rant) Exeter St Davids, FGW, AND XC12 Feb 2010
-Re: Yeoford Second platform project boosted by ^250k grant 1 Feb 2010
-Re: 'Exeter's Digby & Sowton rail station wins revamp cash' (20/08/09)13 Feb 2010
-Re: Barnstaple Station - awards, improvements, facilities and connections23 Feb 2010
-Re: Avocet Line - Exeter to Exmouth - incidents and events; services, stock and related improvements13 Feb 2010
Plymouth and CornwallLuggage theft on trains in Cornwall (merged topics)26 Feb 2010
-Peak/Off peak 4 Feb 2010
-Re: Atlantic Coastline Express 1 Feb 2010
-Re: Truro Cathedral features on model train 3 Feb 2010
-Re: Buses replace trains between Plymouth and Exeter 5 Feb 2010
-Re: Problems in Cornwall 4 Feb 2010
-Re: Plymouth Station - refurbishment, improvements, timetable changes, events and incidents (merged topic) 1 Feb 2010
Across the WestRe: Wareham level crossing - one of the most misused in the country? 4 Feb 2010
-Great Western RUS published 1 Mar 2010
-Cleanliness of FGW stock17 Feb 2010
-Additional services this easter to the West14 Feb 2010
-Tornado14 Feb 2010
-Paddington almost back to its destination heyday 14 Feb 2010
-SWT 15813 Feb 2010
-Connections at Swindon11 Feb 2010
-personal track safety card help 8 Feb 2010
-What facilities are most important at YOUR station? 7 Feb 2010
- Pre-series Super Express Trains cancelled and delay to IEP Programme? 5 Feb 2010
-XC beats FGW.... so say the Customers 5 Feb 2010
-Conservatives vow to build Crossrail 2 Feb 2010
-Unusual train in Oxford sidings 1 Feb 2010
-Re: High Speed Rail - a bit further West! 1 Feb 2010
-Re: 2010 - Celebrating 175 Years of the GWR.13 Feb 2010
-Re: Turbo refresh started. 4 Feb 2010
-Re: Bias article against First 3 Feb 2010
-Re: Timetable Books 4 Feb 2010
-Re: Station and on board train announcements - merged topic, ongoing discussion12 Feb 2010
Campaigns for new and improved servicesBideford to Barnstaple railway line 5 Feb 2010
-Re: Dawlish Avoiding Line - ongoing discussion, merged topic22 Feb 2010
-Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion18 Feb 2010
News, Help and AssistancePossible Forum Login bug / glitch 3 Feb 2010
The Lighter SidePaddington station - announcements in Welsh? 1 Mar 2010
-New use for train26 Feb 2010
-Women Only Waiting Rooms???21 Feb 2010
-Chris from ?? yesterday?18 Feb 2010
-Reading - Balloch14 Feb 2010
- What planet are they on ?13 Feb 2010
-What size turning circle is needed?12 Feb 2010
-The longest journey between two places of the same name ??12 Feb 2010
-Virgin media site Rail based quiz11 Feb 2010
-swing out the drawbridge10 Feb 2010
-DMUs / DSUs... 8 Feb 2010
-Longest (time wise) daytime journey wholly with FGW..... 8 Feb 2010
-Lego scale model of the Forth Railway Bridge 4 Feb 2010
-Where and when - a bit different 4 Feb 2010
-London but where 4 Feb 2010
-Re: New high speed train service launched? 4 Feb 2010
-Re: Good luck Driver Potter! 8 Feb 2010
Diary - what's happening when?Hastings to Minehead - interesting rail tour!15 Feb 2010
The Wider Picture - related rail and other transport issuesPolice appeal for rail passengers' help in tracing Totton murder suspect28 Feb 2010
-Travel the Trans-Siberian Railway - Online27 Feb 2010
-Chiltern Chairman Challenge - Evergreen 4!26 Feb 2010
-Flying Scotsman return date delayed until summer 201125 Feb 2010
-Hundreds of Tube jobs could be axed, claims RMT union (February 2010) 24 Feb 2010
-London Midland guard this morning - how NOT to handle your passengers23 Feb 2010
-Eurostar passengers stranded near Ashford (22/2/2010)22 Feb 2010
-Ramsgate to Edinburgh. . . . . . . . . . . .by Plane21 Feb 2010
-Train breakdown delays passengers in Leicestershire (20/02/2010)21 Feb 2010
-Jobs to go as Western Morning News press closes19 Feb 2010
-March 6th 2010 - TWSW Meeting @ Taunton18 Feb 2010
-Anyone familiar with Swansea? In particular the DVLA in relation to the station?16 Feb 2010
-Major XC SW-NE Service Disruption 12/02-Vandalism At Tamworth13 Feb 2010
-RAIB investigation into incident involving a freight train at Romford, 4/2/201012 Feb 2010
-Role of the dispatcher 9 Feb 2010
- Bombay railway pressures. 6 Feb 2010
-Birmingham to London blog 6 Feb 2010
-West Highland Line wins 'World's Best Rail Journey' for 2nd year running. 5 Feb 2010
-"Rail partnership criticises 'ridiculous' funding cut", from the BBC (3/2/2010) 4 Feb 2010
-Inspection 'failures' before Ayrshire derailment on 27 January 2009 3 Feb 2010
-Film of Londons termini in the swinging 60s 1 Feb 2010
-Re: Antisocial behaviour on trains.......what can be done? 1 Feb 2010
-Re: East coast speed up, XC to full-fill Edin-Glas 2 Feb 2010
-Re: Woman dies after cars struck by train at Moreton-on-Lugg in Herefordshire (16 January 2010)12 Feb 2010
-Re: Eurostar trains stuck in tunnel due to cold weather (19 December 2009)12 Feb 2010
-Re: National Grid's proposals for pylons: Hinkley Point C Connection Project26 Feb 2010
-Re: First Railway Project to be axed as the recession bites18 Feb 2010
-Re: Aberystwyth-London route proposed 1 Mar 2010
Swindon to Gloucester / CheltenhamRe: Cheltenham Spa to Paddington14 Feb 2010
-Re: Swindon to Kemble re-doubling - ongoing discussion and updates 4 Feb 2010
Chiltern Railways servicesOxford to Bicester Line - FGW and Chiltern Railways (merged topics) 2 Feb 2010
Heritage railway lines, Railtours, other rail based attractionsClifton Rocks Railway, Bristol - Open Days 28 Feb 2010
Media about railways, and other means of transportIndian Hill Railways - new series on BBC415 Feb 2010
-Re: Great British Railway Journeys - Michael Portillo's television series 2 Feb 2010
The Wider Picture in the United KingdomBBC1 Countryfile - Settle & Carlisle Line Item 7 Feb 2010
-Re: HS2 - Government proposals, alternative routes and general discussion 8 Feb 2010

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