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05/05/25 - Walk to Pilning
10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM

On this day
1st May (1972)

Bristol Parkway station opens

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Bricks thrown at Bristol to London train at Corsham - 29 December 2014	Chris from Nailsea	0	1894	January 04, 2015, 22:42:44 by Chris from Nailsea
Walking up and down at Paddington. Is in necessary?	grahame	5	5439	December 29, 2014, 18:43:14 by JayMac
House prices in Bristol expected to soar further after rail line is electrified	Chris from Nailsea	3	3654	October 31, 2014, 11:54:07 by mfpa
Passenger bitten on Bristol to London train - 20 Jun 14	bobm	4	6419	October 27, 2014, 22:13:16 by TonyK
Flash flooding - Corsham 18/19 Sep 14 « 1 2 »	bobm	20	15756	September 21, 2014, 16:06:51 by tomL
'Railway death mother had felt suicidal' - South Marston, 16 December 2011	Chris from Nailsea	2	8279	September 07, 2014, 01:04:16 by Chris from Nailsea
Held Connections	Oxonhutch	3	2763	September 04, 2014, 10:58:15 by Oxonhutch
Reading Viaduct	Oberon	0	1758	August 31, 2014, 09:06:06 by Oberon
Interesting additional weekend Bristol-London Pad services (late April 2011) « 1 2 »	XPT	24	16963	July 23, 2014, 22:14:43 by XPT
Delays due to electrification 2-Jul-2014	Tim K	1	1923	July 02, 2014, 08:52:16 by Jason
Smoke/Fire on PAD-WSM service - 07/06/2014	James Vertigan	3	4321	June 07, 2014, 18:30:14 by James Vertigan
Lengthy diversion - 09 Mar 14	bobm	4	5715	March 09, 2014, 22:42:18 by phile
Flood diversion(s) - Chippenham and Swindon	grahame	5	15225	January 05, 2014, 19:00:23 by grahame
Police appeal after incident on train between Bristol and Weston on 19 Sept 2013	Chris from Nailsea	0	1850	November 29, 2013, 11:42:20 by Chris from Nailsea
Bristol Temple Meads Improvements & Renovations	ChrisB	0	3753	October 23, 2013, 15:10:03 by ChrisB
Emergency engineering work between Bath Spa-Swindon (05/10/2013)	Lee	9	6012	October 08, 2013, 10:57:47 by grahame
Trespasser near Keynsham 19/9/13	John R	2	3225	September 19, 2013, 22:20:28 by bobm
Fatality at Highbridge & Burnham - poor call diversion?	John R	11	7810	July 16, 2013, 21:32:52 by JayMac
Body of missing man found near railway tracks between Chippenham and Bath	Chris from Nailsea	0	2479	July 06, 2013, 00:48:50 by Chris from Nailsea
Announcement "split tickets are not valid on this train"	Tim K	9	13597	May 07, 2013, 07:36:23 by Tim K