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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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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Teenager's arm partly severed in fall between train and platform at Wokingham	Chris from Nailsea	0	7997	November 07, 2008, 21:44:15 by Chris from Nailsea
No Evening Reading-Shalford Services (31/10/2008)	Lee	0	4263	October 31, 2008, 16:42:36 by Lee
Disruption Due To Lineside Equipment Problem In The Wokingham Area (20/10/2008)	Lee	0	4644	October 20, 2008, 14:01:01 by Lee
Signalling Problems In The Gatwick Airport Area (08/10/2008)	Lee	0	4641	October 08, 2008, 07:53:21 by Lee
Disruption Due To Lineside Fire In The Dorking West Area (17/09/2008)	Lee	1	6220	September 18, 2008, 20:18:38 by Jonathan H
165114	Jonathan H	2	6378	September 13, 2008, 00:30:33 by Jonathan H
1650 Reading-Shalford & 1808 Shalford-Reading Cancellations	Lee	2	6298	August 19, 2008, 19:30:03 by Lee
Massive Disruption (26/05)	Jonathan H	4	9237	May 28, 2008, 13:33:57 by eightf48544
Additional Calls Due To Level Crossing Problems (30/04/2008)	Lee	1	6899	April 30, 2008, 12:11:49 by Ollie
North Downs Line - General Information	Phil	0	19242	February 11, 2008, 16:34:11 by Phil
We'll do anything to stop our own staff travelling, damn it!	grahame	0	8083	November 16, 2007, 18:51:07 by grahame
North Downs Line Disruption Due To Signalling Problems (10/11/2007)	Lee	0	4870	November 10, 2007, 11:26:20 by Lee
Resourcing Difficulties (05/09/2007)	Lee	2	6426	September 06, 2007, 21:48:55 by Steve Bray
North Downs Line May 2007 Timetable	Lee	0	4909	April 24, 2007, 16:42:34 by Lee
Gomshall Security Fence 'An Eyesore'	Lee	0	5042	April 24, 2007, 12:01:56 by Lee
Train Crew Shortage May Affect North Downs Line Services (26/02/2007)	Lee	0	4943	February 26, 2007, 17:53:04 by Lee
Some history of the North Downs line	grahame	1	7110	February 24, 2007, 10:24:30 by grahame
North Downs Line Trains Terminating At Redhill (20/02/2007)	Lee	1	5949	February 20, 2007, 17:23:36 by grahame
Train Crew Shortage May Affect North Downs Line (08/02/2007)	Lee	0	5491	February 08, 2007, 17:59:31 by Lee
Rail Plans May Put Redhill In The Sidings	Lee	0	6129	February 08, 2007, 13:12:55 by Lee