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tomorrow - 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
12th May (1986)

New station - Tiverton Parkway (link)

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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
Cable theft at Paddington causes severe disruption - 23 June 2010 « 1 2 3 4 5 »	Chris from Nailsea	60	25309	July 02, 2010, 18:14:20 by Electric train
Changes to train times this week?	johoare	3	3913	July 01, 2010, 00:22:56 by Ollie
Trouble getting home today	johoare	11	7487	June 24, 2010, 15:02:30 by devon_metro
New Help Point at Taplow	eightf48544	0	3546	June 22, 2010, 08:25:57 by eightf48544
Air Con that makes turbo trains warmer « 1 2 »	johoare	18	9227	June 20, 2010, 19:28:04 by onthecushions
No trains and lack of information at Maidenhead this morning	johoare	14	8534	June 10, 2010, 23:51:45 by IndustryInsider
Train goes from Paddington Platform 13 BUT platform 12 is closed...	johoare	11	8522	June 08, 2010, 21:03:32 by SandTEngineer
Line problem between West Drayton and Slough (30 May 2010) « 1 2 »	Chris from Nailsea	18	8497	June 01, 2010, 08:16:53 by Phil
Maidenhead to Paddington Sunday timetable « 1 2 »	johoare	20	14178	May 29, 2010, 09:54:39 by johoare
Body of woman, 21, found at Maidenhead station (22 May 2010)	Chris from Nailsea	8	8942	May 28, 2010, 21:46:11 by johoare
Safety checks being made on services from Hayes & Harlington and Paddington	James Vertigan	2	3888	May 27, 2010, 21:03:16 by Electric train
Train delays in Berkshire over ticket machine damage (20 May 2010)	Chris from Nailsea	2	3956	May 21, 2010, 21:09:28 by Adrian the Rock
12.06 Maidenhead to Paddington Sunday 9th May 2010 « 1 2 »	johoare	16	8945	May 10, 2010, 14:22:45 by eightf48544
How a fast rail link to London could affect Maidenhead	Chris from Nailsea	2	6064	April 30, 2010, 18:44:26 by Chris from Nailsea
Train delays after body found on line at Maidenhead, 2 December 2009	Chris from Nailsea	6	9785	April 29, 2010, 22:24:27 by Chris from Nailsea
Platforms 1 to 5 at reading	Mookiemoo	3	3922	April 26, 2010, 20:12:08 by readytostart
Travel chaos in the Maidenhead area 20 Apr 2010 « 1 2 »	Electric train	16	7083	April 21, 2010, 20:57:49 by chemphys
Missed train.. but why...? « 1 2 3 »	johoare	35	12950	April 15, 2010, 20:39:48 by grahame
The BBC gets it wrong again!!	coachflyer	6	5167	April 06, 2010, 15:09:25 by Chris from Nailsea
Interesting morning at AML	James Vertigan	14	7639	March 26, 2010, 12:48:03 by moonrakerz