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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
General Information - London to Swindon and Bristol (2.2020 refresh)	grahame	10	17269	May 10, 2020, 16:34:42 by bradshaw
Engineering Work Swindon area weekends of 22/23 and 29/30 March	Timmer	6	714	Yesterday at 18:02:27 by John D
Why no London trains from Bath Spa 2/3?	Timmer	5	1104	March 09, 2025, 16:17:51 by ChrisB
Missing service	Phantom	1	537	February 25, 2025, 13:37:52 by IndustryInsider
OTD - 17th February (1958) - first diesel, Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads	grahame	3	2855	February 17, 2025, 09:24:23 by grahame
Platform 14 stories	grahame	4	12407	October 24, 2024, 13:48:36 by eightonedee
Class 387 coming to Thames Valley - ongoing discussion « 1 2 ... 62 63 »	John R	941	517507	October 23, 2024, 16:37:20 by eightonedee
Incident between Swindon and Didcot Parkway - Line closed 26/9/2024	ray951	3	3102	September 26, 2024, 16:44:58 by Chris from Nailsea
Overrunning Engineering Works Bristol Area 8/9	Timmer	2	2506	September 08, 2024, 15:21:40 by bobm
New MP blasts GWR train service on Swindon line	grahame	9	2257	September 06, 2024, 08:37:31 by PhilWakely
Light and level relief	froome	1	1742	August 28, 2024, 15:23:47 by Chris from Nailsea
Swindon - facilities, improvements, signalling, events and incidents, including GWR history - merged posts « 1 2 ... 27 28 »	grahame	410	378277	August 26, 2024, 20:22:04 by Chris from Nailsea
South Marston Freight Terminal	grahame	1	1599	August 08, 2024, 21:41:55 by bobm
Swindon - Bristol Parkway incident 17.07.2024	Witham Bobby	0	2636	July 17, 2024, 10:59:29 by Witham Bobby
Didcot Swindon delays	GBM	1	4508	March 20, 2024, 07:43:58 by GBM
Swindon Didcot signalling delays	GBM	0	1314	March 19, 2024, 07:00:52 by GBM
Wales/London incident 21/01/2024	GBM	5	5233	January 21, 2024, 08:27:57 by grahame
Brew Monday - Tea bags at Chippenham and Bath - 15.1.2024	grahame	1	2335	January 12, 2024, 13:33:10 by grahame
London bound train cancellations SUNDAY 7th January 2024	infoman	3	2198	January 07, 2024, 16:14:05 by ChrisB
Radio Bristol think trains are running into Paddington	infoman	0	1865	December 26, 2023, 06:48:29 by infoman