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16	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Railway bridges struck by road vehicles - merged topic, ongoing discussion	on: October 10, 2023, 14:17:25
https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/live-crash-blocks-major-route-8817598 Another today in Trowbridge

17	All across the Great Western territory / Buses and other ways to travel / Re: First escalators - Earls Court, 4th October 1911	on: October 04, 2023, 14:48:07
Paternoster lifts

18	Sideshoots - associated subjects / Campaigns for new and improved services / Re: Portishead Line reopening for passengers - ongoing discussion	on: June 23, 2023, 15:58:37
Or the complete version: Caesar adsum iam forte Pompey aderat Caesar sic in omnibus Pompey sic inat

19	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: X marks the spot - and other places	on: June 10, 2023, 20:36:20
3 is the Weymouth little land train

20	Sideshoots - associated subjects / Heritage railways, Railtours, buses, canals, steamships and other public transport based attractions / Re: Flying Scotsman	on: May 28, 2023, 15:59:31
Quote from: ChrisB on May 27, 2023, 19:38:06 Quote from: TaplowGreen on May 27, 2023, 15:52:26 Absolutely - as I will remind myself next time I walk along The Cut from Waterloo! Ahhhh, but that IS the name of the road. It isn't called just 'Cut' is it? The road that links Trafalgar Square to Aldwych in London is called "Strand" but is universally known as The Strand.

21	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: Where was I today (8.5.23)	on: May 08, 2023, 21:34:13
Swindon

22	Sideshoots - associated subjects / The Lighter Side / Re: In the Zone	on: April 03, 2023, 20:18:13
Goring & Streatley? Or possibly Cholsey?

23	Journey by Journey / London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury / Re: Tilehurst station - facilities, incidents and improvements	on: March 11, 2023, 15:22:53
https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23378639.tilehurst-station-revamp-includes-step-free-access-lifts/ The Reading Chronicle reports that work on this upgrade is due to begin in the spring, with completion by the autumn. It includes installing lifts, so that all platforms will be fully accessible for the first time.

24	Journey by Journey / London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury / Re: Re-opening the Cowley branch to passenger traffic	on: February 01, 2023, 13:52:52
https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/23290281.councillors-greenlight-cowley-branch-line-4-5m-business-case-plan/ The city council has approved expenditure on a full business case for the reopening.

25	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture Overseas / Re: Six children killed in collision between train and school bus in France - 14 Dec 2017	on: November 18, 2022, 15:57:43
The bus driver has been sentenced to five years in prison, of which four suspended. But she is still in hospital, having collapsed in the court a few weeks ago.

26	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Railway bridges struck by road vehicles - merged topic, ongoing discussion	on: November 06, 2022, 16:10:09
Quote from: Hal on November 04, 2022, 09:20:53 Another one in Romsey yesterday. Nice pictures in the Hampshire Chronicle. https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23099754.road-blocked-lorry-strikes-railway-bridge-romsey/ The same newspaper says today that this bridge has been struck by lorries 23 times in 18 years.

27	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Railway bridges struck by road vehicles - merged topic, ongoing discussion	on: November 04, 2022, 09:20:53
Another one in Romsey yesterday. Nice pictures in the Hampshire Chronicle. https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/23099754.road-blocked-lorry-strikes-railway-bridge-romsey/

28	All across the Great Western territory / Looking forward - the next 2, 5, 10 and 20 years / Re: Airport Closure - Doncaster / Sheffield / Robin Hood	on: September 28, 2022, 16:29:28
Quote from: broadgage on September 28, 2022, 13:09:47 Quote from: bradshaw on September 27, 2022, 20:16:24 Could the site’s future be a freight complex with access to the nearby rail line? Arguably it should be used for railway freight purposes, perhaps including factories that use or produce goods that could be reasonably conveyed by rail. More likely, based on past experience, is a large housing estate without public transport and based on car use. The Doncaster-Lincoln railway line is nearby, and Finningley station about a mile away. The station closed in the 1960s but could presumably be reopened if needed. Edit to correct grammar 16.34 Weds.

29	All across the Great Western territory / The Wider Picture in the United Kingdom / Re: Railway bridges struck by road vehicles - merged topic, ongoing discussion	on: July 18, 2022, 15:44:23
https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/a36-lorry-crash-live-wilton-7346662 That bridge in Wilton again today. That's at least the third time this year that it has been hit.

30	Journey by Journey / London to Kennet Valley / Re: Improvements at three Berkshire stations	on: July 16, 2022, 14:54:30
Work seems to have finally started on the Reading West station rebuild. I was down the Oxford Road today, and there is a big new barrier surrounding the site and narrowing the road. There are pedestrian crossings controlled by traffic lights. Sorry, no pix - I was driving.

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