London to the Cotswolds

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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 (1964)

Helicopter service from Penzance to Scilly Isles starts (link)

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More Possible Good News for Worcestershire Passengers	John R	2	3388	June 06, 2008, 17:57:05 by Btline
Train revision 02/06/08 causes FGW passenger to almost have heart attack	Mookiemoo	0	3052	June 02, 2008, 07:46:52 by Mookiemoo
20/5/08 0837 WOS to PAD short formed « 1 2 »	IanL	17	9774	May 22, 2008, 01:33:02 by willc
Does anyone know what engineering works are on over the weekend on the cotswolds	Mookiemoo	4	3552	May 22, 2008, 01:13:23 by willc
Summer TT 180 diagrams « 1 2 »	swlines	21	10406	May 21, 2008, 19:59:23 by Btline
Train Fellows Blog - "The Dreaded New Timetable Season"	Lee	3	3516	May 20, 2008, 18:16:42 by Btline
Padding overkill « 1 2 ... 5 6 »	willc	78	30442	May 20, 2008, 09:59:11 by IanL
Feature of the month	grahame	7	4591	May 19, 2008, 21:48:27 by willc
Great Malvern Revisions 17/05/08	Steve44	5	3842	May 17, 2008, 20:54:23 by devon_metro
Whats happened?	Jim	0	3053	May 16, 2008, 07:32:27 by Jim
Very strange Train revisions! (02/05/08)	Steve44	8	4341	May 07, 2008, 20:41:51 by eightf48544
Cancellations from oxford this morning?	Mookiemoo	1	3111	May 06, 2008, 12:14:56 by swlines
Worcester/Malvern Signalling Problems (03/05/2008)	Lee	0	3025	May 03, 2008, 11:50:09 by Lee
A bleak outlook from the ORR on Cotswold redoubling « 1 2 »	Btline	16	11460	May 02, 2008, 21:36:20 by Lee
Derailed engineering train closes line (30/4/08)	IanL	3	4420	April 30, 2008, 20:33:13 by willc
Turbo On London/Cotswold Line Services? (26/04/2008)	Lee	6	4360	April 30, 2008, 19:00:09 by Btline
Revisions (25/04/2008)	Lee	5	3851	April 25, 2008, 23:30:10 by John R
23/04/08 Line problem in the Evesham area.	Btline	0	3015	April 23, 2008, 18:24:24 by Btline
Turbo On Cotswold Line/London Services? (21/04/2008)	Lee	7	4801	April 22, 2008, 22:22:06 by IanL
What happens....	Btline	1	3395	April 21, 2008, 13:22:23 by willc