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today - West Wiltshire RUG
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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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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Break during journey Egham to Colchester	johngreg	4	3230	April 08, 2012, 19:08:30 by vacmanfan
FGW worker here	bernardinuk	1	1939	April 08, 2012, 18:47:16 by grahame
Luton Airport Parkway to Cardiff Central - 2 changes, same arrival/depart times	Ecosmith	13	7370	April 05, 2012, 14:19:22 by bobm
Cardiff to Bournemouth	basset44	4	4152	April 04, 2012, 07:54:12 by basset44
MOVED: `fare dodgers` to be named and shamed	grahame	0	1634	April 03, 2012, 16:46:22 by grahame
Milton Keynes to Cardiff as a group	Brucey	9	5080	March 29, 2012, 09:10:50 by Brucey
Super Off Peak returns Bracknell/Reading to Plymouth	bobm	9	5949	March 28, 2012, 01:00:18 by bobm
Rules on suspended reservations? « 1 2 »	Lee	26	11992	March 25, 2012, 17:22:22 by readytostart
Engineering works & longer journeys, why still same cost as normal?	Glovidge	11	5361	March 25, 2012, 15:33:45 by paul7575
Cut price fares, rising petrol cost leads to historic numbers of rail passengers	Chris from Nailsea	3	6569	March 24, 2012, 21:55:09 by ellendune
Basingstoke to Hereford??	bobg	2	2389	March 19, 2012, 18:12:16 by bobg
Break of journey - is there any limit on length?	grahame	3	2469	March 18, 2012, 11:14:48 by grahame
Urgh... Now I've been taken for a ride... :(	thetrout	13	7337	March 17, 2012, 10:35:21 by MarkyMarkD
Split Ticketing rules	woody	10	9736	March 15, 2012, 18:16:54 by paul7575
Cheapest FGW Annual Season --> All Line Annual Season	bigdaz	12	7551	March 14, 2012, 09:55:22 by thetrout
Anger in Plymouth over rail and bus fare rises	Lee	3	1971	March 12, 2012, 21:37:03 by old original
Malfunctioning rail ticket machine cost me ^162.50 « 1 2 »	Chris from Nailsea	21	11117	March 06, 2012, 22:47:59 by Steve44
Mixing Deck-based ticketing sites with Firefox/Windows 7	inspector_blakey	2	1929	March 06, 2012, 15:38:01 by inspector_blakey
Bath to Ayrshire 1st Class Return via London. ^1206???	JayMac	10	5810	March 02, 2012, 19:38:18 by grahame
Rover Date Boxes	Brucey	3	2775	March 01, 2012, 19:07:49 by Brucey