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31225,[43] 15:08, 8th DecListening to the customers and potential customers
11558,[37] 15:42, 7th DecAnnoying / amusing use of completely irrelevant stock photos to illustrate pr ...
31223,[34] 08:01, 8th DecSolent - Banana containers cause shipping disruption, Dec 2025
31190,[32] 19:02, 5th DecCars getting bigger - is this a concern?
31217,[29] 08:46, 6th DecElizabeth Line - most used National Rail stations
18719,[19] 11:50, 8th DecShortage of train crews on Great Western Railway - ongoing discussion
31200,[18] 08:26, 4th DecPassengers locked inside Hartlepool station
31216,[13] 12:12, 7th DecStation Search
30768,[11] 20:21, 8th DecMan dies after falling from hot air balloon - West Sussex, 19 Sep 2025
6124,[11] 19:00, 8th DecPhil Sayer, BBC presenter and railway announcer, died 14 April 2016: RIP
29711,[10] 16:01, 8th DecNorth Cotswold line delays and cancellations - 2025
31207,[10] 16:10, 4th DecEstimates of station usage 2024-2025 - North Cotswolds line
31221,[9] 18:28, 7th DecComedian Dom Joly rants about poor rail service between Cheltenham and London
29726,[8] 10:48, 5th DecSwindon <-> Westbury service updates and amendments, ongoing discussion ...
24045,[7] 14:24, 4th DecNew station at Ashley Down, Bristol
29934,[7] 08:16, 8th DecLondon to Frankfurt and Geneva - direct trains from Eurostar?
31224,[7] 07:45, 8th DecOnly Connect - Lion Wall - AQ 8.12.2025
31222,[7] 21:13, 7th DecAQ - Sometimes there are no trains ... 7.12.2025
31189,[7] 08:14, 5th DecHistoric black and white pictures - where were they taken? - 3.12.2025
31201,[6] 08:33, 4th DecThe Challenge of Public Transport
30338,[6] 18:04, 6th DecChildren to get free bus travel in Bristol, 2025
31206,[6] 13:11, 4th DecLooking to reopen the spur to Falmouth docks
886,[6] 20:18, 30th SepGloucester - station, facilities, services, events & incidents (merged po ...
30828,[5] 21:19, 5th DecBath Christmas Market - 27 November to 14 December 2025
3987,[4] 09:16, 3rd DecCambridge Guided Busway - ongoing discussion and updates
231,[4] 12:54, 3rd DecPortishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion
28355,[4] 12:56, 5th DecNew Oxford - Bristol direct service, ongoing developments and discussion
31203,[4] 10:21, 4th DecORR station usage data
31211,[3] 09:32, 5th DecAQ - 5.12.25 - A year in the life
31194,[3] 22:23, 4th DecLengthy train, 03/12/2025
29826,[3] 11:54, 9th NovIEP seats in 2025
31198,[3] 22:39, 4th DecAQ - Which is next in the sequence?
31199,[2] 12:57, 4th DecCoffeeshop Map 4-12-25
31204,[2] 11:50, 4th Decwith a Melksham bias - Office of Road and Rail - station use stats 2024/5
30367,[2] 18:56, 3rd DecLower Thames Crossing, between Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent
31186,[2] 21:49, 3rd DecMP bemused by lack of Ely North rail junction upgrade

 
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