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today - West Wiltshire RUG
17/05/25 - Summer Timetable Starts
18/05/25 - Portishead RNLI 10 anniversary
23/05/25 - Go-op Crowd Funding closes

On this day
14th May (1951)

first Tal-y-llyn trains run under preservation (link)

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This station looks familiar...	JayMac	6	2024	July 24, 2018, 21:39:35 by eightonedee
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