Shorter journeys in South and West Wales

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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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Any electric freight haulage on the GWR lines?	grahame	9	4746	May 30, 2018, 17:37:30 by Electric train
Class 175 problem	welshman	3	2663	May 15, 2018, 00:16:46 by DaveHarries
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Bridge Strike :: Knighton - Llandrindod (Heart of Wales line)	DaveHarries	4	2469	April 27, 2018, 21:46:18 by DaveHarries
Valley Lines	martyjon	0	3898	March 14, 2018, 06:34:34 by martyjon
Bridge hit	welshman	0	2060	December 11, 2017, 19:25:20 by welshman
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