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13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM
14/05/25 - West Wiltshire RUG
17/05/25 - Summer Timetable Starts
18/05/25 - Portishead RNLI 10 anniversary

On this day
11th May (1984)

Westbury reduced to 3 platforms (link)

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Public rights of way across stations [Discussion of the day (DotD) - 17.3.2020] « 1 2 »	grahame	20	3768	March 20, 2020, 14:00:20 by stuving
Good positive signage [Discussion of the day (DotD) - 18.3.2020]	grahame	1	1090	March 18, 2020, 08:35:17 by Bmblbzzz
Discussion of the day - from 16th March 2020	grahame	2	1571	March 16, 2020, 10:21:14 by martyjon
Photobomb - or Putting passengers first?	grahame	7	2352	March 13, 2020, 19:40:09 by RichT54
Can you place these pictures « 1 2 »	grahame	22	5654	March 13, 2020, 00:44:09 by JayMac
Dog on the line near Weymouth Station.	JayMac	2	1924	March 04, 2020, 17:35:31 by chuffed
Don't forget to pay the electric bill...	Robin Summerhill	4	1436	March 03, 2020, 19:55:51 by broadgage
Some light mental exercise for a wet Thursday morning	CyclingSid	2	1378	February 27, 2020, 12:11:54 by paul7575
Where was Red Squirrel 1976	Red Squirrel	12	3261	February 25, 2020, 22:21:23 by johnneyw
Not the "Course of old railway" that you would use for a ramble	Trowres	0	1160	February 22, 2020, 20:55:50 by Trowres
Chickens at Montpelier, cats at Huddersfield, ...	grahame	13	3237	February 21, 2020, 23:17:39 by johnneyw
Stations with inappropriate names « 1 2 »	grahame	19	5295	February 19, 2020, 08:55:54 by Bmblbzzz
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Who said what?	grahame	5	1750	February 14, 2020, 05:12:41 by grahame
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Another 10 years and would it still be with us?? « 1 2 »	grahame	15	7797	January 27, 2020, 07:49:05 by grahame
a nice bus driver rescues horse	infoman	2	1684	January 19, 2020, 09:29:05 by CyclingSid
Horse boards London bus after man collapses - 4 Jan 2017	Chris from Nailsea	7	3520	January 18, 2020, 15:43:52 by broadgage
A POSITIVE Daily Mail article about the railways! « 1 2 »	Btline	17	6558	January 17, 2020, 14:55:48 by JayMac
SWR to reopen long-since closed MPD?	PhilWakely	1	1519	January 14, 2020, 15:50:34 by smokey

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