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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 (1928)

Inauguaral non stop "Flying Scotsman" London to Edinburgh (link)

• • • • • • Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street

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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Loco hauled to Weymouth, 2011	grahame	2	6218	February 22, 2011, 23:08:57 by ReWind
Yeovil > Oxford Class 50s?	JJ	3	6091	January 30, 2011, 09:13:36 by JJ
Early Morning Service Formation	Louis94	11	8868	January 24, 2011, 15:31:56 by Juliebtm
Possible Service Gap on Sundays	thetrout	1	3790	November 22, 2010, 16:03:21 by brompton rail
Police issue CCTV image of Bath Spa train sex assault suspect (incident 23/8/10)	Chris from Nailsea	0	4792	November 03, 2010, 21:17:08 by Chris from Nailsea
Landslide derails passenger train at Gillingham (28/11/2009)	Chris from Nailsea	12	9675	October 29, 2010, 11:32:30 by Worcester_Passenger
Weymouth - summer weekend loco-hauled services - 2010 « 1 2 3 4 5 »	Lee	70	29643	September 12, 2010, 14:02:20 by JayMac
Broken Rail between Dorchester and Weymouth	Kingfisherdart	4	4350	September 03, 2010, 23:39:06 by inspector_blakey
Welcome return for Freshford station sign (Wiltshire Times 26/07/2010)	JayMac	0	4234	July 26, 2010, 14:00:20 by JayMac
"West" Timetable Woes	Btline	5	6245	July 26, 2010, 03:19:02 by inspector_blakey
Dorchester Connections	ReWind	8	6551	July 07, 2010, 19:16:17 by The Grecian
Failed train at Upwey/Saturday nightmare return journey	James158	9	6907	July 05, 2010, 08:07:27 by smithy
Weymouth ghost train? « 1 2 »	JayMac	15	10668	July 04, 2010, 16:13:00 by James158
Speed restrictions between Castle Cary and Dorchester West	James158	4	5093	June 27, 2010, 23:11:54 by MrC
15:08 Weymouth to Gloucester due 18:32	James158	10	7908	June 18, 2010, 19:51:57 by MrC
Freshford Trespass Incident	James158	9	6831	June 15, 2010, 22:19:34 by James158
Early departures	James158	13	8582	June 14, 2010, 22:32:14 by willc
18:51 Great Malvern to Weymouth due 23:09	James158	4	5191	June 13, 2010, 19:48:50 by James158
20:08 arrival at Weymouth from Gloucester/20:21 Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads	James158	0	3381	June 11, 2010, 20:00:10 by James158
Line problem between Bath Spa and Westbury	James158	4	5664	June 11, 2010, 19:27:38 by Timmer

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